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News Osama Bin Laden killed by US in Pakistan
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Aka, Coriander leaves. How do they taste to you?
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The line between a safe and slow driver
  • DrWillVKN
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How to Say That? Dooly Noted - 65 Characters
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Share Your Creative Works: Showcase & Critique!
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Even Hitler rants about Jackson EM book
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FDA - Facebook Displays of Affection
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Calculating income after taxes - how?
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What's the deal with the 'c' word?
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Celebrate or Not: Bin Laden's Death - Thoughts?
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Is Darkness Really the Opposite of Light?
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Is Game of Thrones Worth Watching in Norway?
  • arildno
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What's Out There? The Emotions of Stargazing
  • 1MileCrash
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Dot Matrix Skywriting Over Toronto - 12:45
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Killing Osama morally justifiable?
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Is Einstein surname trademarked/copyrighted?
  • Varon
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News Infographic about representation in congress
  • KingNothing
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News Pakistan raid possibly devastating to Al Qaeda?
  • Pengwuino
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News Is Public Interest Waning in Canadian Election Debates?
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Whitehouse Correspondent's Dinner
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Debate Fundamental Truth: Philosophy & Arguments
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What Happens When Bin Laden Meets the Founding Fathers at the Pearly Gates?
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News What caused the NDP's surge in the Canadian election results?
  • Dr Lots-o'watts
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News Is A Per-Mile Driving Tax In Our Future?
  • CAC1001
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Can Karma Be Exploited Through Our Actions and Intentions?
  • Darken-Sol
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How Does Language Shape Our Perception of Time and Space?
  • narrator
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Is a physicist and christian relationship possible?
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News Thug state Syria on UN Human Rights Cuncil?
  • arildno
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Investing in Stocks this Summer: Is it a Good Idea?
  • Null_
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Does Neuroscience Challenge the Existence of Free Will?
  • Ken G
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Tornados cross the Gulf State in US
  • Astronuc
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Why Do Royal Weddings Get So Much Attention?
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News Collateral murder: your thoughts?
  • KingNothing
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Anyone explain this Feynman quote?
  • pergradus
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Is the Rietdijk Proof Correct About the Future Being Predetermined?
  • ppppppp
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Can Alternative Contracts Solve Free Market Limitations?
  • mXSCNT
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News Iran moving to outlaw dog ownership
  • Evo
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News Amazon SC Sales Tax Exemption Rejected: 1200 Jobs Lost
  • jtbell
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How Does the 21-Card Trick Always Work?
  • hereandnow672
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Is it harmful to learn too much trivia?
  • dratsab
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Societal ramifications of a perfectly forseeable future?
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Anyone here play portal? Mechanics question
  • SeventhSigma
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How should we go about understanding reality
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News Obama administration will no longer defend DOMA
  • turbo
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News Why do USA people vote on republicans?
  • Tosh5457
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Is It Legal for Companies to Use Machines for Telemarketing Calls?
  • Dr Lots-o'watts
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Would you pay $23,698,655.93 to read about flies?
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A friend of mine did this and Im not sure what it means
  • Sullii
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Who Would Win in a Battle Between Albert E and Stephen Hawking?
  • Drakkith
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News Rollback to 2008: How Would It Impact Your Personal Life?
  • WhoWee
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Is Open Data the Key to Unlocking Scientific Breakthroughs?
  • Togli
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Can This Man Defy Gravity with His Insane Rock Climbing Skills?
  • Null_
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What are the three types of objects described by science?
  • John Jones
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The philosophy of size and placement
  • John Jones
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Funny Physics Pictures - Share Yours!
  • Oerg
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For any one who does dangerous sports/activities. Don't watch this
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News Free trade reduced to one sentence so even a liberal can understand
  • brutus2
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News Health Care Reform - almost a done deal? DONE
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As old as blood. The conflict between thinkers.
  • John Jones
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Men's Hair Length: Long or Short?
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Did You See the Latest Mars Video?
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Could the Universe Be a Giant Cookie?
  • Drakkith
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Here's an extension of a list posted earlier. If anybody can think of
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Do you think the future has already happened?
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So people the first classico betwenn real madrid and barcelona has
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The Air Traffic Controller Thread
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Is Mathematics a contingent element in the ad infinitum of legitimacy?
  • John Jones
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News India - Election 2011 - India Against Corruption
  • aruna
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News Affirmative Action - good or bad?
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Students who claim to be bad test takers
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Watch someone's life through their eyes
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What are the theorems of Social Science that it deserves to be called
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Global Socio-Cultural Responsibility
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George Berkeley's to be is to be perceived
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Temporal Relation Between Cause and Effect
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Affirmative Action: Our Thoughts & Why We Disagree
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News Will Arizona Take Over the Grand Canyon in a Government Shutdown?
  • jtbell
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Unclaimed Baggage Store: Find Your Lost Luggage in Scottsdale, AL
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One-paragraph explanation of compensation rates
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News BBC News: Icesave Saga - Is Repayment Fair?
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What Defines the Line Between Ordinary Genius and Magical Genius?
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What does Hawking's positivism say about time?
  • John Jones
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Why Do Physicists Seem More Adorable?
  • revnaknuma
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News U.K. Alternative Voting Referendum 5th May
  • cobalt124
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If your parent's sister or brother gets divorced?
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News New form of goverment or constitution?
  • C&L
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What is the true value of a science degree in today's society?
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News US spy operation that manipulates social media
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What are the Three Inevitable Realities of Life?
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Set theory, Foundations, Physics and Causal Structure
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News Can Permanent Peace Exist in Our World?
  • l-1j-cho
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Things We Wouldn't Know Without Movies
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Survey on your favorite foods and cooking shows
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In layman's terms: what does the term in layman's terms mean?
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Any car lovers here? Enthusiasts?
  • 1MileCrash
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Understanding how the movie TRON works
  • land_of_ice
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News Will the U.S. Economy Collapse Without Government Debt?
  • Manchot
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