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vangastoye
where can I find internet records of prisoners of war
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fiona611
who influenced or inspired picasso?
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sft42
Who decides what answers on the site gets stars and what rules are used to decide how many stars an answer is worth?
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tomr
I saw a Spellmaster comment on apostrophes in plurals i.e. CD's rather than CDs. This one confuses me, can't I use my apostrophe for the missing letters? I ain't having a go Spellmaster - I'm an...
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kahunabean
I can vaguely remember seeing Clive James on TV explain is his jokey way that women in Japan have a totally different attitude to sex and relationships from western women. He said that pre-marriage...
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saltedpeanut
Why and who thought that some words are known to be swear words and why is in that in the UK 'wan*er' is offensive and yet in America it is a common surname?
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ChrisPBacon
particularly ones which aren't difficult to pronounce eg we call Danmark Denmark, Roma Rome, Lisboa Lisbon
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BobT
Why are the Phillipines spelt with a 'Ph' yet their natives are Fillipino's spelt with an 'F'
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geofbob
Why in the UK do we have complex 3 pin electric plugs with an earth and fuse (varying from 3 amp to 13), while on the Continent (eg France) they have simple 2 pin jobbies with no earth and no fuse. Is...
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astonvilla12
Anyone ever hear of a book call ed m'donnell and the norman deborgos?
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armours
How does the VideoPlus system work? There doesn't seem to be any pattern to the codes. Is it sent by radio or something? Somebody must know!
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bobbobley
worth a read, or plain old b*llocks?
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Pinotage
In the Guardian* it said Eratosthenes calculated the size of the Earth by comparing shadows cast at midday in two points 800km apart. They didn't have clocks in 240BC. How did the two observers know...
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Sorrel
What is the context of this? I'm sure I read somewhere that the phrase means something different in it's original source.
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Goody
Why do so many car manufacturers choose to name models ending with 'A' e.g. Astra, Fiesta, Primera, Laguna and is this habit mirrored with any other product. Washing powders ending with 'F'?
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smithers
why is there more disabled parking spaces than parent and child spaces in supermarket car parks. i agree that disabled people require to be closer to the entrance but there seem to be too many of...
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m4roon77
Some people write 'Hants' when sending letters to Hampshire. Where does the 'T' and 'N' come from?...or is Hants a totally diff. place and ive just buggered up?
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smithers
is it true that when someone commits suicide by jumping from a height they're shoes come off before/when they land, hence the saying?
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wildtrouser
Who are Cogents main competitors?
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Poppet
Many years ago, I saw a program on a rainforest. The bed of the forest is under water for 6 months or so of the year and dry for the rest of the year. Does anyone kow the name of this forest and where...

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