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How Much Time Do You Spend Watching TV Daily?
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What Are Your Favorite Enlightening Quotes?
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M.D., D.O., Pre med, and med students
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Questioning the Authenticity of Jesus Scrolls in Japan
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Truths everyone knows but are wrong
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News What Sacrifices Are Necessary for Jerusalem's Peace?
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News Bush clamps down even further on freedom of speech
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A Girl with an X-ray vision and Pravda
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The Devil Is Everywhere: A List of Surprising Places
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Intermittent CPU errors: Thank you, thank you, thank you
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Where Should Governments Invest in Space Exploration?
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The Power of Inoperability: Making a DVD Writer Out of Cheese!
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Largest number possible containing any of 9 of 10 digits
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On mice, cushions and bookcases- your thoughts
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Sleeping Beauty: A Baby Sketch by Me
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Did Van Gogh's Seizure Disorder Lead to His Infamous Ear Cutting Incident?
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I Got an Interview at Surrey University - Now What?
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Is the Oldest Living Fossil Really an Oxymoron?
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What would be your idea of a DREAM vacation?
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News The seven illegal Presidents of the US
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Is Christmas the time for love and peace?
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Who does artwork, and in what media?
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News Did Bush deceive us about WMDs in Iraq?
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News Can Israel Retrieve the Hidden Temple Treasures from the Vatican?
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News Is Government Surveillance Overreaching Privacy Boundaries?
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News Is the American Consul General in Jerusalem truly helping American citizens?
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What happened to good, clean COMEDY, like the old days
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Who was the weirdest kid/s you knew in school ?
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Who's smarter: Senior Citizens, Middle Agers, or Young persons?
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What is the Origin of God and Its Connection to the Universe?
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Ugly babies, where do they come from?
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A Thought about Illegal Immigration
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Are Ghosts Real or Just for Entertainment?
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What Would You Sacrifice Your Life For?
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Who's New Around Here? Saying Hello After My Absence
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What's the most mileage you ever put on a Vehicle?
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Is God the Sole Navigator of Our Spiritual Paths?
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American pop culture: flaws & flourishes
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What Figure of Speech Relates Pool to Einstein's Theories?
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Can Lotteries be rigged? Here's how I think it can be done
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News Hypothetical Situation in regards to the election.
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News Did Germany, Japan, or S Korea .
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News Bush's Re-Election Bid Looking Good: A Look at the Numbers
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News Lunar Programme Admits Chinese to The Elite Cover-Up Club
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News Medicare Bill and now the immigration bill .
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Is America collapsing as previous Empires have in the Past?
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Trying to go to Mars will be the STUPIDEST thing America can do
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If you had NONE of the 5 senses, would you be ALIVE?
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I heard that someone can go blind from masterbaitng too much
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News Definitions of geo-political terms
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From Complexity to Simplicityand back?
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News Halliburton pulled from Iraqi oil contract
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Is Implanting Chips the Future of Payment Methods?
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Is 18 the Legal Age of Adulthood Everywhere?
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Do 'we' see the world as we assume it exists?
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Ever Named a Pet After a Famous Scientist?
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What Are the Implications of a Woman Being Charged with Raping a Man in Norway
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What Would Happen If Absolute Zero Were Attainable?
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Finally, answer to why the Chicken crossed the road
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News Is the EU Heading Towards Catholic Coercion as Its State Religion?
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What is the purpose of our lives?
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Mad cow disease? The result of Cannibalism
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Are Humans Merely Programmed Robots?
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Why Is a Man Suing His Cable Company for Personal Issues?
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Proving We Are All Goats: A Logical Argument
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News Is Police Authority Excessively Powerful in America?
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Does Consciousness Influence Our Perception of Time?
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The Scientific Method: Induction and Deduction in the Pursuit of Truth
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The atheist smiled. "Welcome to my world."God and the Atheist: A Story
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Is deductive logic consistent and how does it influence other systems?
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Paranormal & Physics: Evidence or Weird Interpretations?
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Can human consciousness survive death?
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Last Emperor of China: Epic Movie & Mysterious Life
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News Who Poses a Security Risk to Israel?
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Time slows as you speed up right, so ?
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News Is the U.S. Pursuing Global Domination Through Its Foreign Policies?
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News Communism: Is it Pro-Individual or Anti-Individual?
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Can This True Christmas Story Leave You Tearless?
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Where Have I Been? An Update from a Military Member
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Is Mozilla Firebird the Ultimate Solution to Annoying Popups and Spam?
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These are anagrams of well known people
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News Is the UN an Effective Mediator in International Conflicts?
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News Free Speech Zone" - James Bovard, The American Conservative
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News Is Israel's Nuclear Program Hindering Peace in the Middle East?
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What new evidence has been discovered in the Rendlesham Forest UFO incident?
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Corporate execs who give the advertisers orders
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How do you cope with your mortality?
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News What are the reactions to the U.S. security measures for foreign visitors?
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Contended Theories in Science And Who?
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Worse than Michael Jackson's stunt?
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Do Particles Exhibit Self-Awareness?
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Would you want to see cutting edge theoretical debates?
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Do East and West Ever Truly Meet?
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Can Quantum Mechanics Explain the Effects of Astrology on Human Genetics?
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Russell's Paradox: The Achille's Heel of Solipsism?
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Is Cartesian Dualism Logically Consistent with Modern Philosophy?
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Possible to de-magnetize paper money?
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A quote from one of the great ones
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Is Coffee the Secret to Studying Success?
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What Happens If You Die While Time Traveling?
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