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March 1
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A Religous Custom from "The Vikings" a series on HISTORY CHAN.
Situation in the Ukraine
When and how did universal acceptance of the "seven-day week" occur?
US, Russia and Ukraine
March 2
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Apprendi and prior convictions
politically calming effect
Brahmins
1877: US Supreme Court justices, political party affiliations
Question about bible code
Finding sources for potential Wikipedia articles on ethnic groups in Paris (north African/Maghreb and sub-Saharan Africa)
Humanities
March 3
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Seemed to be another widespread hoax in Chinese magazines, newspapers, blogs and even textbooks...
Boroughs and councils in NI
Robespierre
Is it possible to impress racist people if you are the ethnicity they don't like?
A qeustion about laws relating to digital evidence
1914 - ambassador(s)
What is this architectural style?
How did Yahweh evolve from a war god in a Semitic tribe to a god of love?
Is there a Jewish or Muslim equivalent to a guide of [insert-holy-text-here]?
Kicking out the Europeans out of their nations
March 4
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I have a vole, now what do I do?
Sci-fi detective story
March 5
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Abu Ghraib torture and prisoner abuse
musical effect
Medieval Warfare. The Impact of Arrows vs Armour ?
March 6
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Do some critical theorists disagree with critical pedagogy?
Is the European American population still growing?
A children's book series
Do the Amish allow paintings instead of photography?
Name for Middle-class in power?
Movement/organization advocating people to not report their race/ethnicity
March 7
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Writers born in and writers who lived in Louisiana
website that compares the languages Turkic
Grand Budapest Hotel
Why can Christians only claim affiliation to one church?
Borrowing against a 401K
Kingdom of Hawaii last survivor
Parliament of USA?
Current events: Bridgegate
Current events: Trial of Oscar Pistorius
Are foods allowed to be dropped into the offertory plate?
March 8
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How do I file for divorce
Conspiracy theory about Death of Adolf Hitler
Does South Africa have some kind of stand-your-ground laws?
Greek daktylos
March 9
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The disease of kings
Jacques Necker - French Finance Minister
History
Could a medieval monk leave the monastery?
Ancient obscene embroidery?
March 10
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Cryonic
Patriarchs
Portents after traumatic events
Introduction of Western dress in Greece
How did they measure long-distance travel in the past?
Evidence for bible code
:File:Major General Sir Herbert Stewart.jpg
Is my life a fake?
Conflict between Buddhism and bourgeois life
Push notes
March 11
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God, Mary, and Adultery
Bradford riots against Ahmadis
Does Mahabharata refer to any advanced technologies?
Presidential primaries in 1964
Medieval Cavalry
"Not for Federal Use" Drivers License and Form I - 9
Did King Leonidas really kick a Persian emissary down a well?
March 12
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why does canada allow its ice hockey skaters to be so unprofessional as to fight?
March 13
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Other Countries With Equal Legislative Representation for Each State/Province/Et Cetera
President of the US for a day
St. Therese Statue search: Is there another one exactly like this in the world?
Is the top leadership at Wegmans religious?
Little-"o" office of the Vice President
Life on the Canals in 1800's
Longest incarceration
March 14
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Does Dhritarashtra in Mahabharata relate to Dhṛtarāṣṭra in Buddhist mythology, or they just share a name?
Strange: No interwiki link to "Vollzugslockerung"
Banana producer logo
Is this bible code accidential or from God?
Senator for two states?
March 15
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Not sure if I'm the Biological Father.
List of Countries by Their First Constitution
Wade in the Water
In just a few minutes I am going to make you very rich. Just watch this short video.
Documentary Miniseries on the Law
Type of wars in Africa, Latin America, Europe
March 16
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How can you ensure that you can't do anything illegal on the Internet?
What do you think/how do you feel about the Vampire Subculture and the real-vampires?
Who all live at the White House?
What is the fertility rate of Guangzhou City?
March 17
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Evolutionary reason of good/bad distinction
How do Jews really trace back to a common ancestor?
Iraq
Missing airplane
Divine authorship of the Bible
Does the Nerd/Jock dichotomy portrayed in American films exist in reallife ?
March 18
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Arabic language in Israel
Black majority cities in US
Ballots in Crimea
Christian Bible Verse
Effect of Crimean annexation on disarmament treaties
Sephardic majority cities in israel
Were there really twelve disciples of Jesus?
sweden norway denmark elections map results which gave most votes to which parties
March 19
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Warren Buffett's a billion dollar March Madness give out
German anti-Nazi propaganda? 1933 election platform statements?
Another missing airplane
Irish jumping dance
White people in Benin
Garuda and Buddhism
Samuelson gap
2022 FIFA World Cup more deadly than September 11???
March 20
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How do places like China, Japan, and Korea approach world history in grade schools?
Trade between two countries with the same currency
Victorian theatres in London
Singing Southern Baptists
Christian pilgrimages
March 21
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Likelihood of describing oneself as "Christ follower"
Iago in Othello
England vs. the United Kingdom
Odd type of spoon
March 22
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Breaking the fourth wall outside of theatre
The Internet and the End of the Cold War
The Queen, our Duke
Recipe "translation" please
Interpretation of a Philosophical Statement
March 23
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Princess Agatha of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst
The Timing/Date of Russia's Next Census
Asian selfless gift-giving (stereotype?)
Moldova-Togo Relations
April 11, 1994 crash
March 24
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Name of a novel
Cases Where A Monarch's Second-Oldest Son (or Child) Inherited the Throne After the Premature Death of this Monarch's First Son (or Child)
Help finding a specific chart of historical stock market performance
why don't headhunters pay emploees?
Can famine exist in a developed country?
Joining hands vs. intertwined hands vs. palm-kissed hands while saying grace
Roman Emperor who converted to Buddhism
Has any book on in bible a non-religious origin?
Bowie Knife
Crimea Being Given to the Ukranian SSR in 1954 as Part of Land Swap?
March 25
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German name loophole
Miracle of the Sun
Magnet motor
Sistine Chapel
Little-kid-going-off-to-live-with-some-adult-in-the-middle-of-nowhere literary motif
What do you wear to Catholic Mass?
Birthplace of Christopher Isherwood
March 26
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"What disability do you suffer from? "
Sample dish of Mod-Oz cuisine
Grave fences
Religions
Capitulary for the Jews
Lettuce Patch Dolls in Code Monkeys
Scotland, etc.
Lack of relationships
March 27
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NDP in northern Manitoba
"Full disclosure: I am {long|short}" on straddle
UK ethnicity
Karen Stintz
Conscription in Israel
March 28
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16th century Lutheranism
Chinese influence on Wicca?
Medical/Dental/Optical insurance in USA
Economics problem
March 29
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Is Other People's Money a good date film?
March 30
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Ethnic attrition rates among second and third generation Salvadoran Americans
Villages in pre-modern Ireland
Chinese depiction of Garuda - Who is the artist?
March 31
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Claustrophobia
South Africa in 1991
Is the hijab or burqa a religious garment or cultural garment?
Maselow's hierarchy
Retro sex offenders