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Why didn't the Death Eaters use a house-elf to get into Hogwarts?
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Would there be any reason to colonize the coastal regions of a lifeless Earth-like world?
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Why is the number of orcs thousands instead of millions in "The Lord of the Rings"?
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What disease affects only the non-peasants?
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What is “a place with a lot of wind“ called in English?
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Why would a modern city with a warm climate have a skyway system?
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A weapon that can instantly kill millions without harming the bodies
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When and why did the use of the lifespans of royalty to limit clauses in contracts come about?
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Adjective for questions that demonstrate good understanding
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Why would space traders pick up and offload their goods from an orbiting platform rather than direct to the planet?
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Did any ancient polytheistic religion hold that theirs was the only pantheon?
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Why is Lady Jane Grey called Lady instead of Queen?
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Is "too few people left" a credible explanation for a global knowledge loss of this magnitude?
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Is there any use for a sea navy in a sci fi universe in which most planets are controlled by one government?
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Not wanting to "spoil" a story due to lack of skill
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What reason would an extraterrestrial civilization have to adopt Earth's time measurement units?
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What does the social idiom "not received" mean in 19th century America?
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Do "unlimited ammo" or "bottomless magazine" tropes ruin storytelling?
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39
Basing a civilization on maize, beans, and squash as staple foods?
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What would cause magic spells to be irreversible?
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Why does Ray Bradbury use "flounder" for an action with a positive outcome?
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Does the idiom «to cross the pond» exist?
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Why does space warfare not lead to total anhiliation of both sides?
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Why would they use human soldiers over undead ones?
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Why do the Pern novels use regular words as profanity?
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What could lead humans to go extinct after a collapse of technological civilization?
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When the main character talks to the camera, is that 3rd person or another technical term for point of view?
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What's the meaning of "No Agencies Please"?
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How can I justify the existence of massive zombies?
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Book about a girl on a snow planet who programmed the robots she owns and turns out to be a princess
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