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April 1
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- Why the April Fools disruption?
- what kind of plp in Japan do origami, school girls? Old bored housewives, kids?
- Who is in charge of hiring in a big organization - Human Resources or the person who wants an employee?
April 2
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- Sweet breakfasts
- Spanish sources on reburial of Riro Kāinga
- Word for the belief that all religions are the "same"
- Are young people less likely to be religious worldwide?
- Malaya
April 3
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- Ancient Egyptians
- china and political dissent
- Is my £5 note worth more?
- USPS central hub
- fly between Japan and US
April 4
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- Search of original French Author of the verse that follows.
- Proper name of Iranian confectioner's union
- Business model of construction companies
- Prince2
- Mid-20th Century Dutch Liberal Political Philosophers and Political Theorists
- New pyramid discovered in Egypt
- Judaism, Christianity
- Memorizing final digits of multiples of powers of 5
April 5
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April 6
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- Economics of intensive animal farming
- Riba plan of work
- Karen Straughan Page Request
- Swiss central bank Euro reserves
- Engineering and project management equivalent roles
April 7
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- Forced Renunciation of Religion in the Workplace?
- Africa as the next manufacturing centre
- Client side engineering assurance in PRINCE2
- Who invented WD-40?
- Newfoundlandish independence
- on the recent bombing in Syria
- Who is the woman next to Mitch McConnell in this photo?
- Obscurantism and Friedrich von Hayek
April 8
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- British Civil Service
- Do the children of medical doctors have better healthcare than those of non-physicians?
- Social norm, leg crossing
- MREs
April 9
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- Personal Property Tax
- Definition of "white" in UK Census
- Leper colony on Easter Island
- elected cabinet
- Request to alter the names.
- Terrorist tactics
- Biblical pigs
- Trump administration and Syria
- Why do people hate prostitutes and support the system at the same time?
- Source establishing Robert's Rules of Order as the predominant authority on parliamentary procedure in the US
- History--Casablanca Conference
April 10
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- costs to build vessels
- Bromance, Womance . . . other?
- Was Isis the Egyptian version of Aphrodite?
- If Cleopatra were to apply for a job nowadays, what would she be best at? Why?
April 11
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April 12
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- airline price cap law
- Secular perspective on the origin of the Quran?
- The rich and powerful
- Jesus' "missing years"
- Insurance
- Why was Jesus crucified?
- What's the expected value of the number of years before the first big insurance firm is bankrupted by asteroid or comet?
April 13
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- Can non-European countries join the European Union?
- Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen in 1789 France
- How could Dao come back to his flight?
- Can people go to police departments as safe shelters?
April 14
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- HMS Roselys
- Was Cleopatra literate?
- How is household income calculated if it's a multi-income household?
- Can supermarkets predict consumer behavior if consumers base their decisions on what the supermarkets promote with reduced prices?
- Working for the government
- Can nature be blamed for killing people?
- Is the practice of not eating meat on the Good Friday a Catholic thing?
- Dowry
- Chicken tikka masala and General Tso's chicken
- change of meaning of "conservative"?
April 15
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- Objections to death by stoning and "human rights"
- Modern day liberalism and social democracy
- taxi from Chicago to Louisville
- Biographies of mayors that I should use as reference?
- Centuries
April 16
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- Were college students in the past pressured by their families to attend university?
- Résumé and childrearing skills
- Since the nautical day ends at noon,
- a telling omission
- What are the battles/wars in which Egypt took part in, under Cleopatra's rule?
- Study on the psychology between the rich and poor
- Ruthenian (Byzantine Catholic) Easter Dinner and Passover Seder plate
April 17
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- Increased presence of Asian vegetables in a non-Asian American supermarket
- World War II military assassinations
- Engineering
- industry in The UK
- Nazis and debt-free currency
- Exams
- At what point does a group of people become indigenous?
- Initials for US presidents
- (In)defeasible estates
April 18
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- Bishop [firstname] in the CofE
- Bath and Wells at the Coronation
- The honest pharmacist who became minister of health
- Term of Parliament under current law
- Project management office
- Who or what USA thing is closest to UK political parties and recent party leaders?
- Galleria dei Prigioni
- Can having one or two children in marriage fix poverty?
- WWII Eastern Front
April 19
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- Sodaless Sunday
- Israel and the Iraq war
- Researching the military formation of a WW2 US officer when the source is wrong
- "Feast of Victory Over Forces of Evil"
- Why was my answer to Medeis's question deleted
- Mysterious Image of Lima, Peru
- Why are pricy cigars blended to remove annual variation but expensive wine isn't and has vintages?
- Question about Canada's First Nations
- Where can I fly in a DC-3?
- Limits of Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act
- The Wandering Englishman of Dettingen
- Penal inequality
April 20
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- Why do American supermarkets have so many varieties of apples?
- Chicken giblets
- Average age of first funeral
- Marae Mahaiatea
- Spree killers committing suicide in North America, but apparently less often elsewhere
- God may forgive you, but I never can
- UK general election 1940 cancelled due to war
- 9-day-old pease porridge
- Nuclear arms race
- How did apprenticeships work?
April 21
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- Steganography in books
- Sources concerning Abraham Salamé
- Social class in the Far East vs Europe
- Medieval Sea Travel - Speed, Length, Time
- Social class of immigrants
April 22
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- May 1958 crisis in France
- "preventable illness"
- Has anyone ever died in a tai chi accident?
- Fairfield, Connecticut
- What is the difference between polling and campaign analytics?
- Is the March for Science American or global?
- Tracing Robert Sheckley short story
- Why did people make single-sex schools?
April 23
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- Radios/televisions in waiting rooms
- At what point does a person become a gentleman/-woman?
- Ideologies
- Deaths in the Great Depression
- International Crisis in France 1937
- British police
- Do people still have to "do their taxes" (whatever that means) if they already receive money in a pay card?
April 24
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- Radical flank effect
- What's the problem of a trade surplus like the German or Chinese one?
- Continents and Landmasses drifting apart. How fast ?
- Why did some families give daughters an unusually high education?
April 25
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- Minimum requirements of Anglicanism?
- How uk government works
- What's the minimum amount of paper $ or £ redeemable for gov't gold right before the 1929 Crash?
- International Building Code
- Late medieval pattern books for art
- Marquis of Bath
- Muffetiere
- One of Sir Walter Ralegh's judges
April 26
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- Maps of the Spring and Autumn Period
- On what charges was she executed?
- Passing a bill vs. implementing a bill (US)
- celebrity endorsements on politicians
April 27
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- Are there cultures/countries where people don't sniff flowers?
- WWII maps
- Has a fight stopped IRL for everyone to look at a rolling explosive or NCBR weapon then started the instant the danger passed?
- Jane Eyre and missionaries to India
- Biography of the Black Duke
April 28
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- Are people supposed to order several things at a restaurant at different times or at one time?
- When does time fly or drag??
- Is owning a human automatically slavery?
- Childe Harold
April 29
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April 30
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- Modern Enid Blyton reprints
- Confederacy at the end of the war: Southern independence vs the preservation of slavery
- Cookbooks
- Schengen rules and refugees in Germany
- What jurisdiction's license plate has the most possible combinations?
- Why do Australians and Canadians and Americans use the dollar while the British use pounds and pennies?
- Reserves in North America Indigenous peoples
- national monuments to block mining
- Bernie sanders and Tony Blair equivalents
- Bloodiest day in history?
- Why did these MPs resign?
- Hawaiian female suffrage