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Terrible Movies We've Seen: Sahra, The Grudge, The Ring
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Chuckee Cheese's Mystery Hand Stamps
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Where have you been thrown out of or barred from?
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Metaphysics a reality or a misconception?
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News [Poll] Should highly biased art be placed in government buildings
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Discussing the Impact of this Term
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How to Give Bad News: Shock & Depression After Tragic News
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How to Get Rid of Unexpected Guests - Tips & Advice
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What upgrades should I make to my bike?
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How Many Sodas Does It Take to Overdose on Caffeine?
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Who hold more power in a company CEO or the president
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News Iraqi insurgence Guerrillas or Terrorists?
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What Are the Most Iconic Movie Scenes of All Time?
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The Supreme Comedy - Everything vs Nothings in Life
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How Has Participating in PF Transformed You?
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News Is it time for international intervention in Mugabe's terror campaign?
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Why is it important for bicyclists to ride on the right side of the lane?
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Good Pure Mathematicians who are not Platonists?
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News Is Healthcare Hype Driven by Aging Baby Boomers and Big Pharma's Tactics?
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Must an all powerful god be logically self consistant?
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Would you support a new writing system for English?
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Brits no longer to be considered failures
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Bill Gates is intelligent and educated. If he knows evil is wrong, why is he?
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Controversial Slogan Generator: Science Forum
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Why Does Lisa's Name Have a Plus Sign Under 'Currently Active Users'?
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Now no complete theory to explain supernaturals
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Have u watched anime before? How did u find it?
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Which Are the Most Outrageously Bizarre Science and Math Terms?
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Are Children Getting More Aggressive and Violent?
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Releasing Information: Are Online Predators More Dangerous?
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News Iraq Constitution Draft: Islam as Main Source of Legislation
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I am typing this fom our new laptop
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Arrive in Australia - Sydney to Cairnes to Alice Springs
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Flat Feet and Military Service: A Barrier to Joining the Ranks?
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Create a new, empirically responsible philosophy-George Lakoff
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Surprising Physics: Falling Flat Boards & Chimneys
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Good or Evil - Which is the better investment?
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What crazy things have you seen for sale on Ebay?
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Are You Practicing These Good Manners?
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Powerful Magnets: Benefits & Risks
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The Crackpot Index: Measure your "Crazy" Ideas
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Mysterious Invention: What's the Goal?
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Are Faeries Truly a Part of Irish Lore?
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Divination: China will become the superpower
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Will this be the future game over the Internet ?
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Homeless mentally ill in the U.S.
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News House and Senate divided: social vs fiscal conservatives
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Common Griefs of a Forum: Dealing with the Rules
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Airline industry and the future of oil
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New Planet Bigger than Pluto Found Orbiting Sun
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Is Age Just a Number When It Comes to Attracting Someone?
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Why doesn’t anyone study thoughts today like physicists study their particles?
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What the people want vs. what the people should have
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Is College Life at FSU Too Good to Be True?
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Will I be accepted by my male peers in engineering as a female?
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Why Did I Miss the No-Parking Sign During My Driving Test?
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Get to Know Your Fellow Forum Members: A Personal Questionnaire
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Speak English? An unlong, ilusual survey just for you
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News London Shooting: What would you have do?
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Is The PF Song the most versatile song ever written?
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Collective Attention Colapses in Physics Forums
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Virtual reality games in how long?
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Hunter Gathering in 2005: Could You Survive?
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Dealing with Fire Damage: Water, Drywall, and Carpet
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Belief and Epistemological Criteria of Being
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Managing Anger: When is it Healthy and When is it Destructive?
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Why Everyone Thinks I Know Everything?
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News Does Religious Scripture Influence Modern Extremist Actions?
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What are some of America's Greatest Contributions to the World?
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Trouble with Wisdom Teeth? Infection and Pain Relief Strategies
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Could Blurry Vision and Recurring Headaches Indicate a Migraine?
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News Labor in America – What is the future?
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Are You Trapped in Someone Else's Dream?
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News What Caused the Recent Bombings in London?
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Suicidal People and the Gene Pool
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News Will the US reintroduce the draft?
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Have I been getting more aggressive lately?
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News Keep off our tiny frozen island, Denmark tells Canada
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Who Will Marry Lisa? A Funny Personality Test Tale
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Is the Spaghetti Monster the Key to Understanding the Universe?
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Working with Women: Uncomfortable Encounters
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Whats you schedual for next semester look like?
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What Makes Google IG the Perfect Browser Homepage?
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Genuine Photo taken at a London Tube Station this morning
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Is science slowing to a standstill ?
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How much men And women know each other
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Chapter 12: The Carrier Theory of Causation
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News A Larger Problem and an Old Problem
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Was Air Travel to the U.S. Allowed on September 12th, 2001?
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Are Modern Dating Expectations Setting Us Up for Trouble?
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Is It Ethical for a Professor to Kiss a Student?
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Anyone else have weird body hair?
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Overcome Learning Challenges with Math, Phys, and Chem
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Can you become a minister online?
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News How Many Iraqi Civilians Have Died Since the 2003 U.S. Invasion?
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Who is This Busy Bee in My Backyard?
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