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Where does the word/name Emmanuel come from?

on December 20, 2011

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What is a T-Bill?

on December 08, 2011

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What is the Flynn Effect?

on December 06, 2011

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Where does the word robot come from?

on October 29, 2011

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What is ifttt?

on October 28, 2011

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Has the Internet only produced ugly words?

on October 16, 2011

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Who said that free verse was 'tennis without the net'?

on October 03, 2011

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What is a debt default?

on September 26, 2011

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Has the meaning of amateur changed?

on September 24, 2011

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What makes Philip Larkin one of the greatest poets in the English language?

on September 15, 2011

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What is a Google fight?

on September 09, 2011

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Why 'try and' rather than 'try to' in British English?

on September 08, 2011

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Why is English a 'weird' language?

on September 06, 2011

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What is dyscalculia?

on August 26, 2011

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When does one woot?

on August 22, 2011

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What is a credit default swap?

on July 17, 2011

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What is a basis point?

on July 17, 2011

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What is 'showboating'?

on June 24, 2011

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