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May 1
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- Gambier Islands
- Kings of Easter Island
- "People are much less accurate at throwing darts at pictures of JFK than at pictures of Hitler"
- Flags of Trans-Mississippi
- Online photography contest
- Why isn't Kosovo a UN member/observer?
- Taian teahouse page help
- St. Vincent de Paul Church in Davenport California
May 2
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- Exact date of death for writer Doris Gates?
- Have any countries succeeded at reducing censoring of media?
- Is it possible for an author to hide his writer's voice?
- Why didn't Richard Kuklinski get the death penalty?
- Los Angeles of Toronto
- Sega and Toronto Blur Jays font
- Somoans/Pacific Islanders
- humanities academic journal search online
May 3
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- want to know about a 1911 book
- Penn state page
- Methodological individualism
- What is the best open access English speaking university?
- George Ledwell Taylor (1788 – 1873)
- Which is larger
May 4
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- Why did the United States purchase so much territory compared to other countries?
- Garouch and Bad Pakh in Afghanistan
- Wikimania
- Jurisprudence, Barrister, Magistrate
- Abrahamic religions and religious tolerance
- Is there a relationship between lesbianism and 'uppity women'?
- In short, what caused Greece to be in the bad shape that it's in?
- Ancient history
- Looking for a sci-fi story
- Historians favor U.S. Presidents who owned slaves
May 5
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- presentness as opposed to presence
- Hesychius?
- The preserved Pharaoh in Islam
- Who ordered the construction of Tauride Palace?
- Eritrea and Ethiopia
May 6
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- Historians
- Pillars of Society
- Abe Lincoln vs. The Native Americans
- CBS ABC FOX CNN
- Free bus passes in England
- Life imprisonment in England and Wales
- about islam
- Handbury question
- Viewership vs advertising
- "bread" as a slang word
- Business Magazine question
- Robot education in science fiction
- elections in the uk
May 7
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- Exclave of Berkshire in the middle of Buckinghamshire
- Second(?) Longest regularly scheduled National elections cycle in the World?
- Psychologists/psychiatrists having sex with ex- patients
- Canada-France relationship Jean Chretien Francois Mitterrand
May 8
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- Why has the Battle of Moscow recently taken the spotlight as the turning point of WWII's Eastern front when Battle of Stalingrad has enjoyed that title for years? What changed?
- Medical education in Russia
- Prince Henry?
- Hanukkah
- Lotus Blossom Babies?
- What is an MRS degree?
- Racism laws in South Africa
- Decapitate
May 9
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- Soviet invasion of Xinjiang
- Most beautiful women
- Early numbers of cars
- Abu Qatada Gap
- Trooping the Colour Music
- Puerto Rican statehood vote 2012
- unemployment benefits (USA)
- Are images on Wikipedia part of the public domain?
- foreign students
- French for black male servants to French women during colonial times
- First Christian Nation and/or First Nation Claiming to be "Christian"
- What is the best life strategy? a - expect the best or b - expect the worst
May 10
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- English AP exam prompts
- Was Brad Mehldau's Largo recorded live?
- Gesturing while Talking
- Merger of elevator divisions of ThyssenKrupp and Hitachi
- US bureaucratic reorganisation
- Is Gambling work?
May 11
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- Are there any rational arguments against gay marriage at all?
- Pierre De Fermat
- Countries whose civilian salute is placing the right hand on the heart?
- Netherlands single party majority
- ISA
- "Purpose" of marriage
- Catherine, daughter of Joan I of Naples
May 12
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- Actual lawsuits over use of presumed Orphan works
- Is Sukhoi Superjet 100 the first civilian passenger aircraft produced by Sukhoi?
- What do you call this? (Chinese history-related question)
- Why has New York City historically been so East River oriented?
May 13
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- Mutopia project music licencing
- La frégate L'Artémise entrant à Tanoa, après son échouage
- Historical popular culture "meems"
- Marriage
- Relationship of Cole's `The voyage of Life' and Rachmaninoff's `Symphonic Dances'
- Identification of a Native American
- War until one side has 0 men left?
- English Civil War, international reaction
- Pierre De Fermat 2
May 14
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- Washington, DC's street grid
- Secular scholarly studies on Christianity and the Bible
- Phantom Zone
- The Specifically British Title "Professor"
- Are gamekeepers kind of underdogs in England?
- John Slidell
- Pronunciation of Albanian names ending in -aj
- Dual doctorates
- The stadium of other lives
- Jigsaw puzzles in literature
May 15
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- Difference between genres?
- Last year Spain, Italy and/or Greece were together?
- Brooks's dress?
- French language of South Asia and other european languages of South Asia
- What's this flag?
- Ludwig van Beethoven's background
- Killings per country total
- Declaring money to keep the same value
May 16
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- Republic colonialism
- International Relations
- Identify somebody from history
- English term for the French "l'Euphratèse"
- Office of Economic Opportunity
- Chafing-dish
May 17
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- Plague crosses
- Arabs and Afro-Francophones in French cities
- Indonesian Muslims in the Netherlands
- African emigrants in Spain major cities
- The marriage moment
- "Zucker-" prefix in German/Jewish surnames
- Fiji, Ireland, South Africa
- cost of living in the USA
May 18
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- Accidents involving aircrafts carrying state leaders
- Who was Charles Sweeney (one of Ernest Hemingway's friends)
- Question about military
- Why do people appreciate Pan-Am smiles?
- Marxist criticism of marriage
- important colony
May 19
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- Bastards
- 7-Eleven in the UK in the nineties?
- Depression and unhappiness
- Biharis of Bangladesh
- Jar with multiple spouts
- Were any cities completely destroyed by a natural disaster
May 20
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- Are thumbnails in search engines fair dealing in Canada?
- Charles Giraud
- Appropriate amount of wine to give neighbours
- Appropriate amount of wine to give neighbours part 2
- Fourteenth century English Parliament
May 21
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May 22
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- Lieutenant governor (Canada)
- Were the commonwealth realms technically neocolonies?
- Medieval means of publication
- Smokey (the) Bear and US federal law
- Reviews of work of historian Antony Polonsky
- Can a US state unilaterally secede?
- Confirm some data about states with death penalty for apostasy
May 23
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- SITTING REPUBLICAN US HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
- Communism on totalitarianism and authoritarianism
- London Partnership Register
- Stage Combat in the 18. Century
- US federal prisoners before federal prisons
- Football statistics and copyright
- Please help a struggling uncle!
May 24
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- Chen Guangcheng vs. Chengguan
- What the point of a 0% investment?
- Hypothetical voting system
- Kennedy assassination book(s)
- Relative popularity of "Simon" in the UK and USA during the 20th century
May 25
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- "backcharge wealth-getting fee"
- Legal aspects of Etan Patz's case
- Franco-Tahitian War and the Leeward Island Wars
- Middle Class Indians & Immigration to America
May 26
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May 27
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- Economics as normative ethics
- US Electoral College v. popular vote
- Prefabs, UK
- John Webber
- Anna of Austria (1549–1580)
- Soviet tankers (ships)
- Country of passport, Passport nationality
- Maslow's hierarchy of needs - examining its history (who invented 'the pyramid'?)
- Wealemefnas
May 28
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- $ 250,000
- Third party political systems in United States state parliaments and territorial parliamentary houses
- is it ironic?
- Religion
- history of investor protection / references
- Power of Attorney
May 29
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- Four temperaments
- People who have "recanted" after coming out
- Theoretically, will piracy be eliminated or lessened if...
- Oldest historical event
- Picture interpretation
- Judged for two things simultaneously ...
- Impersonating a priest
- USS Peacock
- Why do fossils?
- Is 'Death cross' some kind of commonplace jargon in finance/investing?
- Foreign countries that advocate for change in the United States
May 30
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