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December 1
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- Prince Michael of Kent – Royal cypher
- Religion of Oscar Wilde
- Why did america invent the submarine during the rev. war?
- Kalmar Union
- Borders of U.S states
- Copyright question
- Did Arnold Böcklin paint a picture called "The Return"?
- What is a scorching bicyclist?
- Racism and mixed-race individuals
- Pakistan liberal conservative
- Rev James Blair, 1656 - 1743, Williamburg VA
- Does fiction - novels and films - make us better persons?
- Monetary exchange rate for US dollar circa 1900
- Baptism-how many days after birth
- Bangladesh Awami league Bangladeshi nationalist party
- Tombstone orientation
December 2
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- Santa Clauses
- 5-page phd thesis
- Why is there no such thing as legal insurance? How the HELL do poor people pay for lawyers?
- Were Adam and Eve Muslims?
- Economics/statistics/policy question: Tendency for a scoring metric to be increasingly uncorrelated with a variable as that metric is emphasized by policy?
- Median value of reminders
- Francophobia
- Online trending site
- Buddhist iconography and Chinese fictional literature
- Muslim belt in Toronto?
- Gay king
December 3
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- A few questions about 1000 push-ups (press-ups)
- what is this "Jewish-only roads" in Israel thing?
- i look for notable/famous examples of parents doing child abuse
- Junior Kings
- Ten Commandments in Islam
- Old flag
- Foreign language
- who are some people with disengeniuous careers? (having admitted it)
December 4
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- Taxation in the United Kingdom
- coroners court transcripts in england
- Extradition
- Why not business closed down and in prison?
- Predynastic Egypt
- Punctuated vegetarianism
- HMS Rawalpindi
- Patent for business idea
- Paper and pencil methods for managing or planning small projects
- Land property
- Purchase of a grave plot in a cemetery
December 5
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- Duchy of Lorraine
- The financial bailout - US
- There seems to be a statistical pickle here
- Are North Korean press releases written in English?
- Two Questions That Are Not Legal Advice
- Mexico question
- Riverside CA history
- Tibetan football
- Charles Bernard "Charlie" Rangel
- Wikipedia user with expertise on ethnic groups wanted for mediation
- Requesting Wikipedia entry for the Cleveland Division of Fire in Cleveland, Ohio
- Outcome of the Bed Intruder crime?
December 6
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- Questions about immigration
- The Amish have been 100 years behind us. The Model T started 102 years ago. Do they drive them now?
- Pro bono Fair Use consultation? (US, online)
- 2010 Asian Games - why was Kuwait the Olympic Athletes of Kuwait or something like that?
- Any evidence that organisations with zero secrecy would be impossible?
December 7
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- Knighthoods, peerages, Bob Geldof et al
- Looking for a sci-fi book...
- Proquest Archiver
- Carnival as a reversal of the usual order
- Getting a payday loan
- Using Aggadah (Nonlegal literature) of Talmud literature as a research tool
December 8
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- Coronation
- Do leaked US government documents carry intellectual property rights?
- Is there an equivalent to the board of governor's waiver fee for the UC/CSU system?
- Irrationalist atheism?
- Gustave Paul Cluseret
- breakfast food
December 9
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- When did privacy become sacrosanct?
- planning frameworks in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland
- Death of King Henry VI of England
- Myth of Venice born whole from the Aegean or Adriatic?
- African-American names
- POW Camps in WW2 Germany - http://en.wiki.x.io/wiki/Stalag_Luft_III#The_.22Great_Escape.22
- did people used to think the moon changes shape?
December 10
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- Who was Edith Macy? I can only find info on a conference center that bears her name.
- British Monarch Coronation
- Somali names
- Why can't I find street gangs in Compton, CA on Google StreetView?
- Identify a 18th-century painting of three sisters
- 'Free' education that's too expensive
- Are mobbing victims sometimes at fault?
- taiwan, singapore, education
- Who was the first actress in Germany?
December 11
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- Horses in Michael Clayton
- Military Hardware in Use by the Guomindang in late 1930s
- Kumari Fulbright details?
- East Polynesian contact with mainland Australia
- Columbus
December 12
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- Font sizes
- Captain Alatriste
- Christmas gifts
- Which century were beds used?
- Why the Christian population isn't growing in India?
- Birthdate of Isabelle of Hainault
- The earliest sunset
- Valdemar III of Denmark
- Somali dance niiko
December 13
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- The Big Bang Theory
- Issue with research project and annonymity....
- 3D in China?
- Donaghcloney, County Down
- The hand in the coat
- Federal Reserve Banks private or public
- lifestyle forum for living better?
- Neal Stephenson blurb
- List of dances in India
- Party affiliation statistics for career federal civil servants in US.
- Jesus in a manger
- Punishment for sexual traitors in 1944-45 after WWII ?
- French Military in First and Second World Wars
December 14
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- 1960 U-2 Incident
- Term for fifty-US-states-and-DC-and-nothing-more?
- Global Warming
- Extradition (cont.)
- "Extension" of unemployment benefit as part of "Bush tax cuts" extension deal
- Why so little proselytizing in airports?
- Baby pictures of Jesus Christ
- Looking for new authors: What do I read next?
- governance of france
- Cosmonaut Dmitry Kondratyev
- Writing with sources from multiple languages
- Dutch arrest of WikiLeaks supporters
December 15
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- Luger pistol
- Why are the poor dirty? It's not because it's expensive...
- gender socialisation.
- University by GRE or other standardized test
- Several questions about how things worked in a medieval barony
- What distinguishes two identical objects?
- Angels
December 16
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- When did Germaine de Staël begin?
- Obama + the GOP
- Is the Maid of the Mist exclusive?
- Japan - The Emperor's Birthday
- What countries keep the exact number of their executions a state secret and why?
- Legal question
- things to do with the right roommate to increase my quality of living?
- Questions about prohibitions in Sikhism
- Icelandic sagas at the time of Christopher Columbus
- What would happen if the United States Congress all died?
- Why is the OED online so expensive?
- Amount present in banks
- First Amendment violation?
December 17
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- Terrorist attack on Washington
- Date for Japanese painting
- How can I share my Christmas wish with the whole world?
December 18
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- Angels (cont.)
- do kurds descend from the aryans?
- Median PPP income for people in the US and UK
- Ask?
- Travel scanners
December 19
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- Historical Latin names for French cities
- What happens if the U.S. President and Vice President both die and none of the line of succession were born in the United States?
- Stock Market Database
- when the deserters came home from Canada
- How far and how fast can a horse travel?
- What would a medieval peasant do during winter and off-season?
- King Lear
- Expensive holidays for UK delinquents
- Increasing retirement age in the UK but keeping the rent subsidy for council tenants
- Outdoor furnace laws
- Degrees of friendship
- Christian Nihilism
December 20
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- 9/11 attacks
- How many prisoners are atheist?
- How do you scape nihilism?
- Slave
- Christmas Day for Jewish families
- Eternal Hell, yet Resurrection of the dead too
December 21
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- Semi-semitic Greeks
- specific type of sobriquet
- Politics
- Is that a fact ?
- Any personal information about bordyguards of the russian Tzar Nikolay II, at least in the period of 1890-1905?
- Irish mythology - boy with long fingers
- Allegations against Julian Assange
- Icebox of Canada
December 22
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- Diaries
- The Bible in modern prose
- Israel demographics
- Dollars Spent
- True Cross
- Why would someone need wikileaks?
- compare sensory overload of aspies with epileptic seizures?
- incidence among different cultures of regularly utilizing the other insertion during heterosexual amorous activities
- Myths, superstitions and reality
- Humid Continental Climate North America
- Gift wrapping
December 23
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- how old was Paris Hilton in the sex videos?
- Christina of Denmark
- What would be the health effects (and effects on mental alertness) of the following diet for an obese Chinese-Singaporean?
- Least famous US president
- Christian and Frederick
- UK almond sugar cookie recipe
- Which country has some 30 odd cities/towns with the same name
- Car wagon full of Iron Crosses
- Is a picture where my face is on my copyright or intellectual property?
- How money affects performance
- Geography question --
- Who is the Supervisor's supervisor?
December 24
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- Property taxes
- Hindu girl speech
- cold in summer and hot in winter
- Hereditary monarchy
- what is the difference between a muslim and a jude?
- Evaluating worth of murder's memoirs
- What is the present educational canon?
- Geography /History question
- Torontonian Enclaves
- International Phone Call
- Las Vegas "comps"
- Letter from America
December 25
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December 26
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- Nebuchadnezzar II a Bahraini?
- Hanseatic Republic
- Name That Poet/Poem, If You Like.
- Censorship of WikiLeaks
December 27
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- is it really crass to make out at a cafe?
- What was the largest U.S. company in 1776?
- AICTE accreditation
- 2010 Harry Reid budget bill lookup?
- Yale M. A.
- SOmalis in North America
- American WWII newspaper
- australian law and the paparazzi
- POLITICAL QUESTION: how do we find the right amount of government regulation without stifling business and making them do too much tax
- Why picas?
December 28
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- UN peacekeepers Bangladesh Sierra Leone
- Popular names for governments
- Tallest vice president?
- Chopin's Ballade No.1
- Before a fixed retirement age
- Abraham Lincoln comparative height
- Why "What Is The Best Philosophy?" Is A Difficult Question
December 29
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- Catholic Communion Practices
- legal
- 2nd Book on History of Roosevelt NY
- why Parliament?
- Quote
- Golden Jubilee guest lists
- US VP.
- The pagan festival of Saturna (not Saturnalia)
December 30
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- Giants Ninepin and Thunder
- American descendants of English royalty and nobility
- poems' unknown authors
- Price of infinite goods
- interesting geography/GK question
- economy versus society
- cap tossing at graduation
- Which English queen consort had the noblest pedigree?
- House names
- English universities: teaching in cosy private rooms
December 31
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