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August 1
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- Tom Sawyer and the Public Domain
- why don't I hear much about the Byzantines
- Polish złoty in 1974
- Birth control and poor people
August 2
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- A 1967 gay wedding in the Netherlands
- Is preferred room tempersture considered a culturally acquired or innate biological trait?
- Role of a Senior Watch Officer in a shore establishment?
August 3
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- Yellow things and sexual attitudes in Chinese culture
- How can Pip NOT know his own sister's name?
- Cheese, tofu, and geography
- Unusual given names
- Guayaquil Conference
- Has anyone with a diplomatic visa ever tried to use it to become an illegal immigrant?
- Is the U.S. allowing Syrian Muslims but not Syrian Christians to immigrate? Why?
- Custody battles lost by both parents
August 4
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- J W Armstrong who professed urine therapy
- Differences in transport disciplines
- Genghis Khan and crosscontinental migration?
- Battlefield anecdote
- Data on how people decide on moral scenarios
August 5
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August 7
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- Primary language of Capetian Angevins in Naples, Hungary and Poland?
- Population without double counting
August 8
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- Lady Violet
- Baronetcies of Ireland
- Johnson versus nobody
- Why is there such a stigma against suicide?
- Is a cheeseburger with soy cheese and tofu bacon kosher?
- Is there a Wikipedia article about what happens when people don't do what God says?
- philosophy and propaganda
- George Washington Carver
August 9
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August 10
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- How common is the name ‘Карл’ (Karl) in Russia?
- Name of European scientist in 18th or 19th century with teenage wife?
- Big dresses and ability to move
- Looking for some good quotes.
- Why did so many movements happen during the 60s?
- Why did San Francisco become the centre of the 1960s counterculture?
- Crime and violence in popular entertainment
- Name of Italian opera?
August 11
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August 12
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August 13
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- Nuclear first strikes *near* countries
- Reliability of the background of Child 44 (film)
- Is Guanyin interpreted as "patron saint" or "deity" by Westerners?
- Charlottesville + racism
August 14
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- Civil rights investigation
- Deposits on inssured accounts
- Taxes on deposit interst savings held by foreigners in the United States
- Croatia joining the Eurozone - whose interest is it in?
August 15
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- Why don't people in England speak a Romance language?
- Mary, Mother of Jesus
- District of Columbia Authority
August 16
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- Historical events and film/sound
- Men with "1 WEEK" signs
- Resource for Mattress Performance (Carry That Weight)
- White men's fascination with the sex life of African Americans
August 17
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- Are Christianity and Islam types of Judaism?
- US bases in PRC and ROC
- Parsees and Pharisees
- Unite the Right rally Model Year of Car?
August 18
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August 19
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- Free France vs French Republic
- Iconic symbols of the South (unrelated to the Confederacy)
- John Wadham (died 1412)
- Would they have turned the key?
August 20
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August 21
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August 22
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August 23
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- What is the name of the Sci-Fi book where Earth's continents are planets
- Politicians at Third GECF summit
- Were there things besides US road signs that switched to metric/"bilingual" then "regressed"?
August 24
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- Key Art - please let me know
- Historical unemployed
- Effectiveness of prostitution law in Sweden
- heart health awareness and U.S. Olympic athletes
- UK Transport industry complexity
August 25
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August 27
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- Did the Muslim Arabs have plumbing
- Pattern drafting : "Downton Abbey" style maid's apron.
- Confectioners manuals referenced in BBC program "The Sweet Makers".
- Who was Saint Therotus?
- How did the process of reincarnation according to some of the early Christians that believed in it?
- Subject and author with similar names
August 28
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- Christian missionaries in Vietnam in the 19th century
- Question about OSHA inspectors (not law related)
- Cost of the British succession
- How much do poets earn?
- James Tiptree and W.T. Tyler
- Flint residents using lake water
- Identify this painting and photo?
August 29
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- Unique Connections Between `Revelation` and Another Author's Corpus
- Border control and criminal record
- 10 year multiple-entry Chinese visa
August 30
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