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November 1
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President of the Board of Health of the Kingdom of Hawaii
Surplus males and surplus females = population interchange
November 2
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He Shi Bi
INEGI and Google cooperation
Slavery
How much of the Chechen-Ingush ASSR declared independence?
Voting question, United States
Is there any Asian thinker regarded as an Analytic philosopher? (please see two other related questions below)
November 3
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Military medicine in ancient warfare?
How do primary schools get a fresh batch of kids every year?
Voting age for 1975 UK Referendum
November 4
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Which US metro area's white people are the most diverse?
Self-determination in part of an occupied territory
Statement in the Vedas about people living a hundred years
North Korea and subsidies from China, Russia
Different meaning for Extended School Year
In the US, when do presidential candidates stop campaigning?
Does the 2002 version of the Uniform Parentage Act allow sperm donors to personally be the ones who inseminate women while giving up all of their parental rights and parental responsibilities afterwards?
"Bearable arms"
Muriel Perry OBE
Count Alexander Münster, Maresfield Park, ADC to the Kaiser
November 5
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UCV buildings
Cannibalism or Starve
Straightened and Sharpened Bicycle Spokes as Weapons
Major nuclear accident during the fall of 1958?
Royal Marines Crest
November 6
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Single-payer healthcare
Procedures for choosing a new nominee for presidential candidate post-convention
Thatcher's cause of death
November 7
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Taghut and democracy
Can NASCAR drivers refuse a car with an ad against their political, moral or religious beliefs?
Identification of authors
Oscar Wilde's plays
Are banknotes "really" cheques
Colonels in American culture
November 8
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Election lockdown
Mental Health in Jail
What were the purple states in '88 and '84?
Spirituality
Clinton and trump both getting less than 270
Synonym for rent-seeking
Nevada's "none of these candidates" option on the ballot - making it constitutional
Cost of fast food vs. retail prices of supermarket food
Who casts the electoral college votes of dead/ill/trapped in an elevator electors?
What happens if the POTUS or VPOTUS tiebreaker ties?
the european colonization
November 9
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Is it possible to be many sexual orientations at once?
AUS v USA
What are the magazines featured in Businessweek Year ahead issue?
When was the last time there was single-party control of the U.S. federal government?
Reasons why trump won
U.S. states' control over their own voting systems
Secret Service protection for EX Presidents and their families
How can you tell if your WP account is on a watchlist ?
Sarah Bernhardt
November 10
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two vases of flowers
What was the first country ?
Has someone who has never held public office been nominated president before?
Waiving one's right to Secret Service protection
T. F. Wilson, staff officer at Lucknow
Giving a reward for solving a murder - to the murderer himself! (or rather, his family)
maintaining (British?) Army standards while under siege
Do humans live in poverty if they just scavenge for discarded supplies like rodents?
Tristram Shandy
Will Trump, as president, have to disclose his financial situation, taxes paid and so on?
November 11
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Election result with the Wyoming Rule
Hutchison family of Australia and Hawaii
Donald Trump in the Republican Party primaries
"Tumbling in Orbit"
NH and MI still not called?
Technical nitpicking.
US post election protests
US Election
Trump and Malay Singaporean studying in American university
Roe v. Wade and Obergefell
Eisenhower and Civil Rights
November 12
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Tradition?
November 13
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Except the 3-shilling what?
2016 vs earlier election turnouts
1895 NYT article
November 14
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Another trump question
M109 in Canada
Seventh United States Army Structure During World War Two
Donald Trumps roots in american history
women in congressional and state races
November 15
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US President not signing a bill without vetoing
If Trump gives up now?
Bath money and perfume money
Schengen-zone residence for non-citizens, as opposed to residence rights in one specific member state
November 16
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Identifying a person from an historical picture
November 17
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history
Gautama Budha
Was Joseph Stalin a driver?
First black actor without blackface
Trump's proposed immigration restrictions / bans on Muslims and the "free exercise" clause of the constitution
The President ought to be in hell and if only I had the power... I would put him there
Theodora 6th century: Some sources mention her as empress regnant with Justinian I as her co-regent.?
Was there a series of articles on pre-columbian wars?
November 18
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90s sunglasses
When did medieval Florence get control of a sea port?
How did the members of the U.S. Electoral College, who actually choose the president, come to be the last apolitical office holders in America?
November 19
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Woops, can't pick up that Nobel. Pre-existing commentments.
Edward William Purvis
Medieval dinner
Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie
About one particular baby name
Chitterlings, yuk
November 20
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States that require ultrasound before abortion
(Serious question, no trolling) Prostitutes as a economic index
Birth date
Long-term prospect of YouTube stardom
Navy recipes, 1946
Mare magnum siue
November 21
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A part in the Bible
Flag of Ireland
Moscow at the End of the Line
Number of women in Germany raped
November 23
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World map without country labels
Tax rates in Western Europe
Payment platform vs. payment gateway
"Fusionism" in France, 1871?
November 24
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Why is nazi Germany considered right-wing
US federal cabinet nominees by president-elect
Democratic North Dakota primary result 2016 by county
Root Causes of Sudan's Civil Wars (African Issues)
November 25
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What do you call this situation?
Elections in Israel: campaigning on Shabbat?
Much needs improving
November 26
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Metal of a coin more valuable than the monetary value
Who decides the guest selection for the White House Correspondents' Dinner?
November 27
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Government policy
"Arrangement" as a painting
How much is Newton's 1696 salary (£500-600) worth in today's US$?
November 28
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Cixi and Guangwu
Mini pianos with 12 keys?
2016 US House election data
Betrayal of Anne Frank
November 29
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Defending abortion without defending infanticide
Indigenous Protestant clergymen of Polynesia
Moorish Revival landscaping
Mangareva and the Gambier Islands Annexation
How do we know about usage of ancient buildings?
2016 Presidential Election
Belgium - Netherlands land swap
November 30
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Successful assassination of Castro - what would it have accomplished?
Humiliation of Germany after ww1
Major academic journals