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Hoi poloi

Where did the saying "Hoi Poloi" originate, and what was the original meaning?
12:29 Wed 04th Oct 20065 answers, last by Peter Pedant 22:29 Fri 06th Oct 2006
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Fingerprints

who dicovered that everyone's fingerprints were different, and in what year was the dicovery made?
00:08 Wed 09th Aug 20062 answers, last by Hard@it 01:31 Wed 09th Aug 2006
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Continents

I entered this once, but not sure it worked. My question is: What are the seven Continents?
18:59 Sat 05th Aug 20064 answers, last by jno 19:24 Sun 06th Aug 2006
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words from a song

What do the words living " La Vida Loca" mean? Thank you!
03:26 Mon 20th Mar 20064 answers, last by scotty 17:46 Tue 21st Mar 2006
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Geology

If I am telling someone that my son wants to be a geo-scientest or a geolocical scientest, do I capitalize the words geological and scientest? Thank you!
16:56 Tue 28th Feb 20065 answers, last by calibrax 16:24 Thu 02nd Mar 2006
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Powder Dry

Whe did the saying from the 40's "Keep You Powder Dry" originate, and what does it mean?
18:45 Tue 24th Jan 20066 answers, last by paljor 19:56 Thu 26th Jan 2006
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Elie Wiesel

can you please break down his name phonetically , both first and last. is Elie pronounced the same as "Ely"?
19:02 Thu 19th Jan 20062 answers, last by In A Pickle 01:42 Fri 20th Jan 2006
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weight

Does anyone have any answers for me. I need to lose weight, but nothing I have tried has been very successful. Any ideas for me? I am 70 years old, so strenous exercise is out of the question, as for...
14:05 Thu 19th Jan 20066 answers, last by WendyS 17:09 Thu 19th Jan 2006
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The Cross

What do the letters IRH on the cross stand for or say?
19:04 Sun 08th Jan 20064 answers, last by Peter Pedant 21:32 Mon 09th Jan 2006
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Christmas

Why is it that this year everyone has decided that the word CHRISTMAS is not to be used? It is the birth of Jesus, and also a time for tradition. Now everyone wants to say happy holiday's, which...
15:00 Sat 10th Dec 200512 answers, last by willsmokey 00:40 Wed 14th Dec 2005
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feld

If someone says in one feld swoop, what does the word feld mean?
05:39 Mon 10th Oct 200514 answers, last by Quizmonster 09:27 Wed 12th Oct 2005
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tenterhooks

what does it mean
05:34 Mon 10th Oct 20051 answer, last by Quizmonster 07:43 Mon 10th Oct 2005

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