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Western Culture and homosexuality
Distant members of the Princely Family of Liechtenstein
Tracing new world's black population
May 2
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"Sexual attraction"
Moral Constructivism vs Semantic Meta-ethics
US military things named after Confederates
Did anyone die in the Tunguska event?
mizrahi supporting and in left wing parties in Israel
May 3
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Engels' contribution to sociology
Grenade-resistant
May 4
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Antonio Ferrante Gonzaga, Duke of Guastalla
Anti-Homosexual Novels
Medieval shipyard
Intermarriage in Israel
Breton duke
May 5
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open university?
US federal legislation vs. state legislation
Photograph of a 19th-century Bosnian woman
Earliest-born known human to be photographed
May 6
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Alien abduction insurance
Global Employment in Automotive Driving?
Link between watching porn and sexual violence
Pokemon Species by Popularity
May 7
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The definition as "race"
Allied war crimes during World War II
Native separatism
regular currency sales
Explorers Maps
Brontë sisters
Peter de Vries and Frank Herbert
May 8
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has any country or city recently gotten up and moved?
First President to visit a ballgame.
Bitcoin-like currencies
May 9
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Why is there a liquor ban during the days around the 2013 Filipino presidential election?
Ho Chi Minh
unreferenced text in Taira no Tomomori
John Buchan's family
National statistics
Businesses that support same sex marriage.
May 10
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Cæcilia Knudsdatter
update on assistance
London Geography
English weight in Medieval times
May 11
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German Calvinist states
French work, but I only know the Dutch title
Are these coins original?
Higher education in USA
Paul the Apostle
U.S. Nuking Targets in Japan in 1945
Dowager consorts
Nuclear targets in Germany
May 12
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Frederick, Hereditary Prince of Denmark
"Sound evidence for the existence of human differences in intelligence that parallel human differences in technology is lacking."
Subspecies of homo sapiens
Detail of history behind the Vilakithala Nair ?
Jewish people not trying to gain new converts (contrary to Christians and Muslims)
May 13
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Most powerful country in WW2
The Situation Room Photo
Gubernatorial term limits California
Native American cultures
May 14
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Regime Change Successfully Implemented by the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. During the Cold War
Career
How fast is a horse?
Denmark's Failure
does The Economist have a (relatively) new Editor?
Colonel Sam Genius
May 15
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How did Shakespeare die?
Oak Bay-Gordon Head
Non-unified Germanic people
What was the year and decade that had most amount number ones albums and songs?
The Life and Death of George C. Parker
Meet the Press
Aboriginal Australians populations in the USA
May 16
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The name of Madame de Pompadours fortune teller
The cry of the Belfast Telegraph seller (extinct)
Dukes of Oldenburg
May 17
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Accuarcy of a story about anti-Vietnam War protest at White House
Global Employment in Driving?
Public school is different from private school but how?
Record Regents
Hi! question on relative of Jeffrey Dahmer
HMS Illustrious (87) Officers
middle east politics in the 1800s
May 18
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Catholic bishops and cathedrals
Guy Medal in silver 1915
Hipsters
World War I is missing: which one should it go in, and why?
Pocky
May 19
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Ronaldsway culture
What time of day and date of the year would most people on earth be in darkness?
St. Stephen's Cathedral, Vienna - unidentified detail
Creating a communist society
the Anamithim
May 20
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Alex Linder's middle name
Efficacy of detachable faceplates for deterrence of car stereo theft
Need help identifying piano work
Evidence of consciousness is coming up independently with the the 'hard problem' - who has already said this?
Maggie Q in Mission Impossible 3
egalitarian opposition to lotteries
Primogeniture
May 21
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Kansas Real Estate Commission - Statutory Authority History
The folk explanations of the cause of Kennedy tragedies?
Lincoln–Kennedy coincidences urban legend
obscure term
Hit-man services on the dark web - real?
Entailment law England in first half of 19th century
The Dam Busters, The Great Escape and suchlike
Civil unions and equal marriage
US-USSR Parliamentarian Conference, 1978
2nd, 3rd and 4th largest democracies
Mahatma Gandhi's Bangladesh visit as part of Satyagraha district
Baby Jesus
Traditional Jews in Israel: Practice and values
May 22
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Earliest genocide or massacre in human history with solid archaeological evidences?
UK Gay Marriage Bill
19th century Awards with a significant History
War as a cause of death
Buyers remorse
Very basic question, but what are some complex answers, please?
Candace Amanirenas
Casteism in Bible
Nobel Prize vs Copley Medal academic domination politics
"Mr. Berg" from Norway
May 23
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Protestant Ranavalona
Forced deathbed conversions
Fried chicken and watermelon
Essay on Jeffrey Dahmer - would it be biased?
Western religions that are not so individualistic...
Laws regarding abuse of free drink refills in cafes/fast food places?
Fictional characters becoming real people
French prisoners of war in Engeland
May 24
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How many times did Phil Esposito score against Tony Esposito?
US service commitments in the 1960s
Friday holidays
Double jeopardy
May 25
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How to list instruments by range using wolfram alpha?
Xin Zhui
Odd number of police officers or detectives?
is there a disability that...
Middle names
May 26
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[Protected article] Inadequate, but not necessarily incorrect, summary of scholastic opinion
Efficacy of detachable faceplates for deterrence of car stereo theft
Weight
Shi'ite suburbs in Beirut
May 27
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anti-communism
Had there been any well-known debate between communism and anti-communism?
When was Tang of Shang's reign?
is Communist Party of India (Maoist) the actual name of the "Communist Party of India (Maoist)" party?
Mexico City
How do I identify the owners of a business?
Am Shalem and Koah Lehashpia most votes gain from which place
Otdia
May 28
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Otto von Kotzebue
Do we have an article on required school readings?
Aaron is not real at the Latin wikipedia
Legally coaxing Julian Assange out of the embassy
Battle of Bladders
Who would be the most senior Democratic elected official in Oklahoma today?
George I of Greece
Cats in Oceania
May 29
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Marxism
Record number of consorts by Chinese emperors
Are earrings very important to Spanish women?
UK House of Commons subcommittees
Why long tail is important?
The New York Times Book Review
New Deal debate
May 30
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"Welfare quarantining" Schemes - effective? cost effective? ethical?
European Union
Could New World slaves buy things?
A Sculpture by Augusta Savage
Muhammad's successor debate in Islamic groups
Name of law, sociological metric
May 31
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Liberal area in a city of a conservative Muslim nation
Tie in a US presidential election - agreement in the Electoral college
Kush
food versus politics
Destroying images of Atatürk