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poor people during 1880-1914 in America

Okay. I'm doing a project for history and I have to use the internet to find out during about poor people living in slums during the time era of 1880 - 1914, and I can not seem to find a web site, so...

zingo1327

Loss of water in Black Sea

I was in Bulgaria on holiday and the Black Sea waterline has dropped by about 12 inches.The area of the sea is 168.495 square mile. Is there a formula to very roughly work out how much water has been...

tali1

Countries have had a religious leader

Apart from Iran and The Vatican how many countries have had a religious leader as head of state- (Ethiopia - Halie Sellaise?)

abuswawab

brocken stone

there was a stone of weight 40kgs in a shop to weigh. unfortunately the stone was fell down to earth and it broken to 4 pieces. the shop owner was sad to what was happened. his son came to shop and...

Escutcheon

French Stamps.

Did France issue any stamps in the "Provincial Coats-of-Arme series after 1955 and, if so, what?

diudiu

Flowers For Algernon

I am doing my paper and came across this question,what is the message of the story for Flowers For Algernon?Anyone knows?thanks!

davey b

araucaria

One having affinity with Viviane in the King Arthur tales had problem with fan. The answer looks like LADY WINDERMERE Can anyone please explain the wordplay?

echokilo

Who do you think you are?

Was this on this week? I didn't see it in the listings and I can't find it on iplayer .... help!! I hate to miss them!

spiraltree

Can anyone help me learn an irish accent, I want to learn from an English (or Irish) person, not American.

I'm an actress, trying to learn an Irish accent (really important for me as I live in Ireland, and a lot of the plays require an irish accent). I've searched for books and downloadable guides, but...

drummo

sailing ships, sails

If cotton goods were not manufactured in the west in the 15th century, of what were the sails of Columbus's ship, Santa Maria, and the Mary Rose made.

steveg1234

Aldous Huxley

Aldous Huxley novel of 1923 five & three letters

dot.hawkes

Out of the blue

and through the Ancestry site, I have had a email from a lady who turns out to be descended from the eldest brother of my great great Grandad!!! She's been doing her family history for just under a...

knottyprob73

Royal Coat of Arms

Does anyone know why the Irish quarter is sometimes depicted as a straight harp and at other as a harp incorporating a female figure as part of the frame??

Warden

Guardian Genius

Would you say 'In which leader in Augustus rose?' is more likely to be FORA or TOGA, or am I completely on the wrong track?

rov1200

Nuclear Fusion

After reading yesterday that an amateur is able to create nuclear fusion in the home and this article saying how easy it is to do should we be worried about these amateur experiments and where they...

Francis Asis

Bread Maker

What does a bread maker actually do? Obviously it makes bread but i mean do you bung all the ingrediants into it and it mixes them and kneads the dough and puts it in the airing cupboard for an hour...