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May 1
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- Shanty town and slum
- "Murder on the Orient Express" question
- Popular critics of Internet communities?
- Ancient Egyptian development pace
- Software playlists
- Male Mormon missionaries vs. female Mormon missionaries
May 2
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May 3
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May 4
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May 5
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- The long arm of the victim
- effect of gold influx,
- Gold standard and redeeming the "physical" metal
- How did Ireland become christian before Britain?
May 6
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- Business speeches
- Why don't many sports like accuracy?
- Anyone know this novella/short story?
- St. Leo of the Catholic Church
May 7
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May 8
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- "these dark Satanic mills" vs "those dark Satanic mills"
- Jakob Lorber
- About the 30-day SSI rule - could I just visit a US diplomatic mission once a month to get around it?
- Preferring faith over personal evidence?
- Crafter too good, King cripples him.
- Funding PhD students
May 9
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- Screaming at concerts
- Resting place of Kings of Naples
- Why is the Vice President not Acting President while the President is out of the country?
- Why are SATs and ACTs at like 7 am?
- Adriano fiorentino
May 10
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- Carlist and the Pragmatic Sanction of 1830
- Kangar paintings
- Schools making kids tour hardened Correctional facilities
- Anyone have access to the following Italian source?
- UK Base rate vs lending rates
- Venetian ceremonial galley of the 1700s
- Who was David Murdoch referenced on page http://wiki.riteme.site/wiki/American_frontier#Prostitution
- Female United States Navy SEALs
May 11
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- Battle of Berlin footage
- Wikpedia errors becoming an Internet meme: Peter Katin
- Ray Kassar
- Belligerents' diplomacy during WWII
- Forty Martyrs
- Ancient Peru
- What is the real per capita income of the USA?
May 12
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- Religions with inferior Creators?
- The draft
- Saint related superstitions
- Why do I pretty much never get a tax return, no matter how much I make?
- International Economic Commissions
May 13
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- Any visible parts common to " Statue of Liberty" and "Eiffel Tower"
- State borders in the USA
- Makeup
- Amending the U.S. Constitution
- Legal question
- Friend Of The Court
- Water faucets
- Pink Dollar generated in the United States
May 14
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- Events known by different names in different countries
- enquiry about the original book of Robinson Crusoe
- Arbeitskarte work papers during World War II
- What is the problem with a morphine overdose as a means of execution?
- If gays had rights, thieves would have rights too
- West Georgia, Alaska
- Disability
- Trying to find source of quotation - Foot family (British politicians)
- Origin of law enforcement as a distinct occupation
- Chinese history / fiction question
May 15
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May 16
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May 17
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- posters with similar causes
- Jakob Lorber's personal life
- how various instution promote culture in uganda?
- What was the first state with a republic government system?
- Public records / public information
- London Auxiliary Ambulance Service
- Queen Tuarii
May 18
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May 19
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- Reliable biography of Nikola Tesla
- A general blackout
- Isidore Chesse
- Corporate influence over politics in first world democracies
- wondering about a strange sociology documentary
- Three newspapers that dropped Doonesbury because of the Andy Lippincott story
May 20
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- Long and short term U.S. Natural Rate of Unemployment derivations?
- How do I not plagiarize myself
- Rule Of Not Ruling Anything (Out?)
- Australia
- Global net worth
May 21
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- American soldiers and American society's regard for them
- Crucifixions with nails & rope
- Nuclear powers joining the nuclear non-proliferation treaty
- Phoenix Program targets / victims - "guilty" versus "innocent"
- Patron saints
- us senate
- Battles where a small number of troops have defeated a much larger force?
May 22
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May 23
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- Best Illuminati revival attempt so far?
- Anybody know the history of music?
- What is going on in Thailand?
- Benjamin L. Marks
May 24
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- London to Toronto and Toronto to London trips and Toronto to Birmingham
- identity of a portrait
- Chinese phrase
- America, Capitalism and Christianity
- Environment, Capitalism and the Christian Right
- How to get archives of French newspapers?
- Stone Mountain in Georgia
May 25
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- List of wali called upon in tawassul?
- Racism in pirate times?
- Is there such a graph that displays different regions of political views that correspond to two variables: economic and personal freedom?
- "Jerusalem" in Catholic churches
May 26
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- René Gillotin, Portrait of Marquesan chiefs
- what is the meaning of "fructus est fullonius"
- Company debt collections
- Did Elliot Rodger have a mental illness
- Unanimous consent vs. 100-0
- Largest bank
- Question about the growth of Wikipedia
- Hesse-Philippsthal and Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld
May 27
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- Ranavalo Manjaka
- Question about Chinese references to Indian monument
- Literal gold diggers
- American Legal System
- Are there Jewish or Christian equivalents to Islamic sharia law?
- Why is the Quds Force called the Quds Force
May 28
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- Matching point sizes of different typefaces for visual size equivalence
- Henry Adams
- Term for a fellow disabled person
- European peoples who attend school in America
- Bias against people with disabilities?
May 29
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- Serhiy Tihipko
- RICHARD WRIGHT
- Treason by another name, and the U.S. constitution
- Banking hours worldwide
- Stock market valuation
- The Russian Provisional Government's Decision to Remain in WWI Being Influenced by the United States's Decision to Enter WWI?
- Why aren't cards bigger?
May 30
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- Not a cheese-eating surrender monkey
- Scenic Route, Dalkey to dublin
- Process of becoming a church member
- Music notation question
- Does playing chess make you smarter?
- Majority owner of public company
May 31
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- Inquiry into the conviction of David Eastman
- Conversion to Judaism
- William Little Lee
- Indian toilets
- Did the majority of the Chinese and Soviet populations endure Axis occupation during WW2?
- Romans
- Movement of Soviet infrastructure east of the Urals during the GPW
- Homework
- Longest tenure in a US House district
- The Structure of Shakespearean Tragedy