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December 1
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- was George Wishart Lutheran ?
- Long form of M.R.A.S.?
- Soiled Dove
- John F. McDonnell
- Unknown Nazi Badge/Medal
December 2
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- The Christmas Public Holiday In Scotland (1958) - Part 1
- Where did Joseph Russell and Ann Birney live ?
- Preemptive pardons?
- 19th century hairstyle
- The Times
- Looking for a poem by Hans Sachs.
December 3
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- Medieval French poem
- Two Potters - Beatrice Webb & Shena Simon
- Very old portraits
- The two Miss Wrinklers
- Most ambitious settler colonialist plans in modern/recent history?
December 4
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- How did non-Christian peoples feel about being ruled by a Christian monarch?
- Rasata, Ratahiry and Rasoaveromanana
- Additional cases where immigrants from a particular country settling in extremely massive numbers near the borders of this country?
December 5
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- Immigration data for the 1897 Imperial Russian census
- What permanently inhabited island under 45° from the equator was discovered last?
December 7
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- First woman MP and Cabinet Minister
- Paying for the conveyance of Voters to the Poll - Boroughs exempt from the prohibition
- Which other European ethnic groups had extensive and widely spread diasporas in Europe just like the Germans had before World War II?
- Two black sheep, one a crook and one a coward, who won the VC.
December 8
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- Early 1990s Ukrainian polling on the Soviet Union's collapse and break-up?
- UN peacekeeping in the 90s and now
- Additional examples of ethnic federations
December 9
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- Countries that got severely screwed over during the 20th century?
- Presbyterian celebration of Christmas in Scotland
- Cases of mass diaspora migration back to the homeland/motherland?
December 10
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- Thoughts of the Iraqi, Iranian, and Afghan Communists on the "ethnic/nationality question"?
- Question about a 1902 Danish parliamentary vote
December 11
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December 12
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December 13
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- Apostolic Signatura – nomination of judges
- The Queen's Gambit
- did John Calvin celebrate Christmas ?
- Jonah Kūhiō Kalanianaʻole in Japan
December 14
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- The Trump Peace Plan and Israeli control over the Dead Sea Valley
- Wigglesworth & Wigglesworth
- Thai cuisine
- Britons getting assistance from MPs
- Are an electoral college slate's humans ever non-fungible in name only?
- The Szekely Land and an extraterritorial road connecting it to Hungary
December 15
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- Statistics (other than census data) by race and/or ethnicity: The earliest examples of this?
- Todger as a given name
- Which Prince Volkonsky?
- Recess Appointments in the US
- Can a US Vice President serve simultaneously as a Cabinet Secretary?
December 16
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- Why put the Winter Palace in St Petersburg? Or how did it get that name?
- Why was ethnic nationalism less popular outside of Europe?
- Julian/Gregorian date
- Chinese restaurant in 1900 Paris
- Who is William Pym?
- "a famous gate on the route to Siberia... 33 miles north of Pekin"
December 17
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- What happens if there's a tie vote in the Israeli Cabinet?
- U.S. Congress
- Doctrine of Election and a satire article
December 19
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- Lord Tennyson's moniker
- Alfred, Lord Tennyson
- Nellie Bly and the American Seamen’s Association, 1921
- "Is it so dreadful a thing then to die?"
December 20
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- Incorrectly named namespaces
- Court rulings that requiring college credits for entry to police academy are unconstitutional
- The largest ports in Austria-Hungary
- Singing in Parliament
- Which (all) Wikipedia articles still retain Honorifics?
- Vaccine test placebo subjects
December 21
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- Mass deportations that were proposed and/or planned but never actually carried out?
- Joseph Franklin Rutherford 's place of birth
- Ertuğrul the boat
- Articles and/or other works comparing the various territories of the United States with the various territories of any other country?
December 22
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- Why did the Indus Valley and Ganges Delta convert to Islam but not the rest of India?
- Naval tactics
- Quotation - "And broad-based under all is planted England's oaken-hearted mood, as rich in fortitude as e'er went worldward from the island wall"
December 23
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- Is there any particular reason that Kharkiv became much more populous than nearby cities such as Kursk, Oryol, and Bryansk?
- Indian mystics, hypnotists, ascetics portrayed in popular culture in 1940s, 50s
- How effective would banned bullets be compared to ones that don't break the laws of war?
December 24
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- How did Germany feel about Ukraine and Ukrainians in the Imperial and Weimar German eras?
- Imperial German plans for Central Asia during World War I?
- Photo of David Allison McKinley
- Question about Ancient Chinese courtesy names
- Was Tynemouth in Northumberland in 1957?
- "You can't board our drug-trafficking boat! We are flagged Panama!"
December 25
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December 26
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December 27
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December 28
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December 29
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- Alcoholic or drug addicted First Ladies
- At least cry, at least shoot yourself ...
- WWII Southern Rhodesia
- Pets in the German Democratic Republic
- What part of Syria did King Baldwin IV rule?
December 30
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- Dravidian secession from India?
- Seeking identity of artist
- Mariupol and Donbass War question
- Louisiana Congress?
- Does the law ever deter a serial killer from starting in the first place?
December 31
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