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doyleboy

tudors

what was the name of the disease commonly known as the "sweating disease" in the tudor times?
16:54 Mon 17th Oct 20058 answers, last by scotchflower 00:05 Sun 18th Nov 2007
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sophie_1003

sleepin

Is it true that if you dont wake up when you have a falling dream you die?
17:13 Wed 19th Oct 200512 answers, last by Kenzo 22:15 Thu 27th Oct 2005
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karen717

nelson and the battle of trafalgar

how many men did nelson have all together foghting on his side?
16:53 Wed 19th Oct 200510 answers, last by Pies 22:00 Sun 23rd Oct 2005
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terrys

does anyone know what the word EELDUB means

i was looking at an old map of the area i live (glasgow ) and noticed an area on the map that looked like it was a small pond it was named EELDUB does anyone know what it...
18:06 Fri 14th Oct 20053 answers, last by deemartin 10:20 Fri 21st Oct 2005
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ajfitz

Dream - meaning

What does it mean when you dream that your teeth are falling out?
09:30 Mon 17th Oct 20058 answers, last by lepers 12:28 Thu 20th Oct 2005
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Eastender

Dreams

Hi, We all know that dreams have various meanings ie teeth falling out, been chased etc, usually I can work those sort out, but the dream that baffles me is the ones where you have a pen and cannot...
17:53 Wed 19th Oct 20053 answers, last by lepers 10:42 Thu 20th Oct 2005
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ok_computer

significance of rain in mythology or early 20th century american novels

Title kind of explanatory. But just wondering if anyone can shed any light on this. I've tried looking it up on the net and haven't found all that much. Thanks
18:49 Tue 18th Oct 20053 answers, last by WaldoMcFroog 10:20 Wed 19th Oct 2005
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mjandrews96

town twinning

can anybody tell me when the above started  the reason for it and how do town villages etc arrange it many thanks
08:22 Tue 18th Oct 20054 answers, last by mjandrews96 07:13 Wed 19th Oct 2005
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stevelyn

Bilbo

S....  draconian lover of riddles according to Bilbo
21:57 Mon 17th Oct 20055 answers, last by WaldoMcFroog 06:43 Wed 19th Oct 2005
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J_M_B

Who invented television?

Just reading the article on "Who invented television?". There should be some provision for comments on articles like that as many people would disagree with some of the wild claims for things invented...
17:57 Sun 16th Oct 20055 answers, last by THECORBYLOON 21:34 Tue 18th Oct 2005
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tezzer

Sawdust

When we had high street butchers shops why were the floors always covered in sawdust?
16:30 Sun 16th Oct 20058 answers, last by Powell1975 18:47 Tue 18th Oct 2005
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dunbaranne

roman catholic clergy

Although the appropriate insignia are red, a member of the Roman Catholic clergy said to be 'raised to the purple' would have achieved what position?
18:46 Mon 17th Oct 20052 answers, last by Octavius 13:29 Tue 18th Oct 2005
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radiogandy

History of Cutlers in London

I'm a newcomer to answerbank so I hope this is the right place for my question. I am trying to research details of a firm of cutlers in London:-  H. Crane, 47 Seven Sisters Road,...
09:54 Mon 17th Oct 20052 answers, last by radiogandy 10:53 Mon 17th Oct 2005
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elliebelly9

fidel castro

does onyone know what fidels childhood life was like..its for a paper and it would help to know
15:13 Sat 15th Oct 20053 answers, last by Octavius 09:59 Mon 17th Oct 2005
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Tony39

History

Does anyone know where Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, who was executed in 1601 is buried?
07:30 Mon 17th Oct 20052 answers, last by Octavius 09:30 Mon 17th Oct 2005
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lasheress

What does it mean

What does it mean when you see something like 14 magpies or more, or if you see about 50 odd magpies together. Is there some mythical meaning for this like one for sorrow etc.....
11:25 Fri 14th Oct 20057 answers, last by sam_west_57 22:49 Sun 16th Oct 2005
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ehutt

christmas poem

who wrote "twas the night before christmas", when(date) and in what state and county??
16:19 Fri 14th Oct 20057 answers, last by Clanad 01:53 Sun 16th Oct 2005
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ieatbees

old badger stamps

i'm looking to find a picture of the Badger or Hall & woodhouse stamp that was issued in 1977. On the website it says: (however no picture) In 1977 the company(Hall & woodhouse) had its...
16:12 Fri 14th Oct 20054 answers, last by THECORBYLOON 21:09 Sat 15th Oct 2005
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dave_c

A quick question (hopefully)

Months ago I watch a sports programme (Trans World Sport) in which they had a feature of a Scandinavian FootballTeam (I think) from Finland, but the history of the club is very unique the club was...
09:37 Fri 14th Oct 20052 answers, last by dave_c 17:01 Fri 14th Oct 2005
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konfan

Ancient Egypt

If the ancient egyptian pharoah's oldest child was a daughter but the 2nd and last child was a son, would the daughter's husband or the son become pharoah?
23:27 Thu 13th Oct 20053 answers, last by johnlambert 16:35 Fri 14th Oct 2005

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