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Is it possible to have structures older than 500,000 years old
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How did Robert McNamara's 100 megaton bomb stay hidden from the public eye?
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How Did Planck Relate His Radiation Law to Maxwell's Equations?
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How easily earn advanced degree, any humanities
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Who Named America? Surprising Facts About Its Origins
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Art Can Equations Be Aesthetic Art?
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Old English Rune Poem Translation | Verse Indeterminate Saxon
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News The mysterious Voynich manuscript: finally been decoded
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History Very interesting article on ancient tablet
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Music Some street music .... this guy is awesome
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Art Can Geometry Inspire Art Like M.C. Escher's Creations?
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News How some parents saved Transportation Fees
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News Recent NOVA on Flint and Its Poisoned Water
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Music Sabine's Music Videos -- The Cat is Dead....
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Music Musicians that went science route instead?
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History Does Knowing History Shape Our Understanding of the Present?
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How Do You Pronounce Kac and Henneaux?
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Music The famous scientist and the famous rock musician
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Einstein Biography on National Geographic Channel
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What is the size of the Pantheon of Rome? (Exactly)
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History A Brief History of Time -- Recommended?
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Why Learn Fantasy Languages Like Dothraki and Valyrian?
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History What happened on this day in science history?
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History The Spread of Agriculture in the Ancient World
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History Could an Eight-Part Year Have Existed in Ancient Northern Europe?
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Meaning = Information + Evolution
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Surreal paintings by Rob Gonsalves
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Music A sad day, the announcing of another music legend
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Digital Cameras: Recording Progress on Drawing in One Day
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History Man Dies on Planet X: Preserving Earth's History?
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What is the ultimate writing tool: pencil or pen?
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Does Russia have more time zones than any other country?
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Art How Does Henry Segerman Combine Mathematics and Art in 3D Printing?
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What Happened to the Norse in Greenland?
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History Survive and Get Rich/Famous/Powerful in History: Time Travel Test
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What do you write with/in and how?
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Music Is the shuffle symbol (music) copyrighted?
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Music Musical Symbol Font: Download for Church Choir Practice
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Lingusitics Is Our Understanding of Time Outdated in Modern Physics?
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Music Not quite physics -- why music sounds musical
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My English -- your impressions please
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Router Pronunciation: A Poll on the Correct Way to Say It
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How long does it take to learn Chinese?
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Music About music, sounds and how they interact with the body
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Lingusitics Please choose language setting
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History Politics and science , world history ,clearing stereotypes
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History Online Primary Sources for History: Guide & Recommendations
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Is Prepone a Legitimate English Word?
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Has the Nobel Prize ever been reversed due to incorrect basis?
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Music Friday funny - with a musical twist
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Do you know where your parents met?
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