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  1. Meaning of the saying "The irish pray on their knees; the scots prey on their neighbors."
  2. Why Christians don't want Jerusalem?
  3. spinoza's ethics
  4. Durdane Series - Age of The Land of Shant
  5. How is American Lutheranism different from German Lutheranism theologically?

September 10

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  1. The Indonesian Tree of Life
  2. Japanese art/ Chinese history question
  3. Sughauli treaty
  4. was Spinoza an atheist, i.e. pseudo- theist (by analogy with 'pseudorandom', i.e. not at all random)
  5. American astronauts' fluency in Russian
  6. Degrees
  7. Oliver-boy?
  8. Most police officers killed by one person

September 11

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  1. Name of dictator?
  2. What is the British side of the American Revolutionary War?
  3. Bridge cultures
  4. Are there Muslims that proselytize in Asian countries?
  5. Is it true that Australia and Africa offered land for Israel after WW2?

September 12

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  1. Greek orthodox bible
  2. Length of a court appearance
  3. Do speakers of Kansai dialect feel pissed off when someone speaks awkward Kansai dialect?
  4. Soviet violations of US borders
  5. Mike Tyson rape case
  6. Private communities and HOAs

September 13

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  1. Need entry: James T. Hackett
  2. Male film actors portraying female characters or vice-versa

September 14

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  1. Baby bottles - a teat at each end
  2. German interrogator/torturer in the Second World War - Bonner
  3. Is it true that the UK will lose its nuclear weapons if Scotland goes independent?
  4. Is it true that Reagan's policies made the USSR's economy too sparse and limited to manage?

September 15

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  1. What will happen if Scotland becomes independent again?
  2. $100K (1987) vs today's dollars
  3. What is the first human to be settled in mainland China?
  4. Famous quote
  5. Compulsory release of works in the public domain?

September 16

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  1. Do Eastern Orthodox kids go trick-or-treating with their Western Christian counterparts?
  2. Scottish independence

September 17

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  1. religions based on values and practices of Islam
  2. Is there any reason to keep cigarettes legal?
  3. Questions related to Australia immigration
  4. Christian fundamentalism/modern opposition to the teaching of evolution outside the United States
  5. Duty managers
  6. Was anyone ever crazy enough to shoot at a vice-president?
  7. Are men/women's face just as beautiful as the opposite sex?
  8. I have some interesting questions regarding ethnicity/cultures in United Sates and Canada
  9. Why do some women hold their fork like this?
  10. Cars driving into houses and shopfronts - what the hell is going on?

September 18

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  1. Roger Touhy
  2. Oculus
  3. Grand Ducal Highness
  4. human Ecology

September 19

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  1. 10 different qira'ats in this audio
  2. German stereotypes
  3. History of progressive income tax

September 20

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  1. Collective term for "Indian-ish" people
  2. Playing sasa

September 21

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  1. Christians in Iraq and Syria
  2. British (most likely) coat of arms identification
  3. Daughtes of Tsars

September 22

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  1. Historically speaking, what did people with gender dysphoria do before the sex reassignment surgery was ever performed?
  2. "Duke of Half-"

September 23

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  1. Shanty houses in Hong Kong
  2. ...burgh
  3. American birthday or lunar birthday
  4. solar power plant
  5. Do men ever join the YWCA in the same way women join the YMCA today?
  6. Multiplier of covering a progression losses
  7. why do few academics study ayn rand

September 24

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  1. Why does the United States support Israel?
  2. arabic and persian names
  3. Atimia
  4. Topic of discussion: World Recycle
  5. What is the thing that makes this company's service so un-doable by others?
  6. Is there still a place in modern philosophy for qualitative or non-mathematical philosophy?

September 25

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  1. Can you give the names of some contemporary Asian philosophers who focus on the eastern tradition? Is eastern philosophy taken seriously in the 21st century?
  2. Are Holland and the Netherlands exactly synonymous?
  3. Germany in the 1920s
  4. Painting of Autumn Woman in Leaves - seeking artist name

September 26

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  1. What ever happened to the Puritans' religion?
  2. Property in the Enlightenment
  3. Are we still living in a world dominated by the western civilization?
  4. boat on dry land
  5. List of religions and spiritual traditions
  6. Ezra Pound's Envoi (1919) (Hugh Selwyn Mauberley): Who was the woman "that sang me once that song of Lawes"?
  7. She really "went to town" then

September 27

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  1. Nudes in early 20th century France
  2. Julius Streicher and the German Democratic Party
  3. Arabic name abbreviation
  4. Can anyone find a source for this graphic? (UK European Election results)

September 28

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  1. followup on what did trans people do before modern surgery
  2. American Civil War Veterans

September 29

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  1. Gender ratio in 1967 Miami ?
  2. Alternative Searches for Employment
  3. Bedaux belts
  4. Moses:
  5. Anabaptist, Baptist, Puritan, and Congregationalists . . .

September 30

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  1. Queen Elizabeth II christmas broadcast in 1969.
  2. Inside the United Nations headquarters in recent years before the renovation
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