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October 1
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Riviera Country Club, Pacific Palisades, CA
Interior of the Westgate Bridge
place name
Addressing a professor properly
Who are these people?
mystery item of german WW2 uniform
October 2
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Carmen on ice - Katarina Witt
Wingdings
Food coloring
2010 DST iPhone Bug in the EU and Economic Costs?
Dr Michael BAden
Requests for financial help
History of Wachovia Bank-slave dealing?
Marshal Tolbukhin boulevard, Sofia
October 3
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myth creatures
What is this Rwandan Snack?
How to find a girlfriend?
slimes dam
Enviroment Channel
EEC in 1960, colonial preferences, UK and "The 6"
October 4
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Installing a ceiling fan on a drop ceiling
Best absinthe commercially available in the US specifically DC, CT, or NY
What is a segment saw?
handhels sensors
US towns with identical names
2004 world population conference
Traditional Japanese music
October 5
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4 Chords
Hiding the entire 'pedia
Quran app and tafirs app
cutting concrete strips on highway
Automobile
Silicon Valley Job Statistic
Has the popularity of kasher food increased in the United States?
October 6
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Chargeable interstate vs. non chargeable interstate
seminar help
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
should these be in humanities?
October 7
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Hanging_Rock,_Victoria
University of Wales
baked French fries?
Two-pin plug in the UK
October 8
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yamaha 125 tzr motorbike engine
What kind of pet collars are popular in Europe and the United States?
Bridal Showers
internet acronyms
pre-mature ejaculation
string theory
Specification for Bell & Howell Micro Plus ?
Hat etiquette in 1935
October 9
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Hupp Motor Car Company
Growth in the number of archaeologists in the Middle East and North Africa besides Israel and Egypt
Spare change
Each year, about how many of NYC’s tourists will actually leave Manhattan to see and go to the popular tourist destinations in the outer boroughs?
Lights in fridges
For experts in magic
October 10
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Articles that link to an image
Lack of beef hot dogs in Israel
1906 NYT articles
EU highe education funding
October 11
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call center agents
Pythagorean Theorem
Sherlock Holmes and tobacco usage
How is prostitution defined, when it's illegal?
Houses towed by cows on QI?
Shaving, polishing the shoes, and marching in the army
Basketball team 1980-1981
Edible grapes and wine grapes
October 12
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song in youtube video at 8:24
Prisioners numbers
October 13
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Asbestos procedure vs. mould procedure
References
Komodo Dragons
Looking for halloween costume
Rachel Heyhoe Flint
Stone tool cultural association
Connecticut and the death penalty
October 14
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berglas effect
Jacob Bronowski glasses
Birth Certificate in Papua New Guinea
Apollo 1 Space Suits
Possible scam or casing?
Cafe design- teenagers' opinions
What car is this?
Egg grades
WTF 3D!?
Flags and the First Amendment
personal question for you
October 15
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Craggy Island
Seeming obsession with the rich and famous
Where have all the moors gone?
personal question again
marine electrical engineering
Chinese Orchestra scores
Brinks Armored Truck Ballistic protection
List_of_National_Parks_of_the_Republic_of_China
What can someone do with an surreptitiously obtained ESN or MEID?
October 16
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Spittoon
Defective Premises Act 1972
Standing (presenting a case)
Travel time from Rome Fiumicino to Barberini
Luxury cars
Has "normal" spam disappeared?
My fog machine is spitting out the juice instead of fog, how can i fix this?
refrigerators
American potatoes
October 17
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Environment, Natural Resources, Species of Trees & Shrubs To Remove Pollution(s)
What are the coordinates of San Antonio de Choatalun, San Martin de Jilotepeque, Chimaltenango department, Guatemala.
Currency conversion
Astronomy
October 18
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Alternative to Google Fast Flip
When 3 digit interstates is allow to renumber
I can't find the puppy?
Bus bias
International certifications
eating wild boar
October 19
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Glass-lid cookware
Building buster in the Batman: Year One film
Dragonfly identification
October 20
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US interstate highway auxiliary numbers
US local government severance pay
10/19 coincidence?
What address should I use if I were to mail or write to someone in the western part of the Bronx?
Country with greatest difference between most populous settlement and second most populous
Media markets vs. "viewing areas"
That dead Libyan guy
October 21
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Figuring out familial social status
Use of DNA to Prove Someone is Dead
Things to do in New Orleans
Video of Ariane 5 Flight 501
Pick my next job please
Things happening in London this weekend
(Formerly) Sulfur-Rich Island in South Pacific
Breast shape description
Birth date for living person - Glen P. Robinson
Easter services
October 22
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retrograde amnesia
copy of diploma
October 23
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What is the bike wheel part where the air goes in called?
Archbishop of Canterbury Summer Residence
Jean Michel Jarre's laser harp
Can I live in the US while working in Canada?
Online credits?
What's with the "Sir"?
October 24
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Value of book
Voice in the middle of a song
RCMP breeches
What percent of ebay items for sale are stolen?
webcam
Looney Tunes-style trapping
How quickly do Courier Services work?
Cases files in Manhattan Federal Court
Why is the New Haven Line so darn slow?
October 25
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Globe and anchor insignia direction
chain weapons?
plant food
facial parts
Bounce Tv Kick READ
October 26
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Who's minding the store?
wut if terrorists invent plastic and ceramic handguns
Vanishing mobile phone credit
Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness
how much influence does a member of board of directors have
are we EXTERMELY luck we have not had terrorist attack
Foreign language education in North Korea
BBC TV
October 27
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Presdential interviews for sale
What's so special about the 787?
Would you believe that the last few cups' worth of fuel is worth bickering over?
We're fucked.
Crisis? What Crisis?
Relating to TV programs (in England)
UK: NHS certificate to proof that I am insured in the UK (needed for my German health insurance company)
October 28
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This statement is false.
Modern texas
hospitals in karnataka following triage system
Cloture in the US Senate
US president with math degree?
Over the bounding main
Paradox
Sodexho foods prior locations
What is this puzzle please?
PETA
October 29
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2011 Thailand floods
Anyone aware of 'The Theory of Dissimilar Sub-consciousness in Molecules' by Nin Ka Umpup, Rahenar, Adishon?
Freemdom of information act/
Polished cotton
Bokassa family - farflung French citizens
October 30
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Onions
Could I get any compensation for filming crimes in progress?
Why do we save old keys?
Milwaukee prohibition era news article -- chief won't fix dry agents' parking tickets
Can people spread a venereal disease, if they have never had sexual contact?
October 31
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contractor in need
The Black Adder TV Series
Another landlubber question - the Channel crossing
Sink in Laundry Room
Changing plea = perjury?
microwave ovens