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Why did the island of Bali remain Hindu when most of the rest of Indonesia converted to Islam?

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Where in Chengdu can we see Sanxingdui artifacts, besides the museum in Guanghan?

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When was tofu invented? Was it specifically for vegetarian consumption from the beginning?

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How diachronically stable are color terms?

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Is there a rule for when the suffix -ian is one syllable long, when two?

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Where and when did Nietzsche's sister meet Hitler?

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Is Thai a stress- or syllable-timed language, and does it matter?

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How close did the French come to digging a canal across the Isthmus of Kra in the 1880s?

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Roast duck vs. roasted duck

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Are “dual” and “duel” necessarily homophones?

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In a Nazi concentration, labor, or death camp, what was a “'sale' Appel”?
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Can someone explain about children monks?
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What is the current location of the “Cauldron of Trun and Chambios” from August 1944?
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How well did Lenin and Hitler knew each other? Were they some sort of friends?
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Given Hitler's Austrian ancestry, why did he develop German nationalism rather than Austrian nationalism?
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Is 了 optional when a time word is present?
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Reading Chinese without speaking it
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Origin of 乎 as a bound morpheme in words such as 热乎
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When should 之 be used as a particle?
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Does Mandarin Chinese have phonetically voiced plosives, fricatives, or affricates (besides “r” = [ʐ] / [ɻ])?
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Word that means “private word used by a group”
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How is the currency of Taiwan referred to in Mandarin?
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Why did physical representations of the Buddha only start to appear a few centuries after his death?
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Did ancient/medieval Indians produce and consume alcohol?
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Maeklong Railway Timetable
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Seeking traditional coffeehouse in Vienna , extremely close to public transportation
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6
Contact Fisherman Guesthouse in Penang
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Can one wave down the inter-town minibuses in Thailand?
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Should lemongrass be edible or just a flavoring?
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Are “身份证” and “身分证” totally interchangeable?
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Why is literacy difficult?
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How did Buddha's teachings about samsara differ from earlier Indian tradition?
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What is the difference between “take to court,” “take the court,” and “take someone to court”?
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Vans or cars which sell breakfast, what is this called?
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What is the antonym to ‘minimalist’?
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Where is the subject in “[…] weaker than would otherwise have been the case”?
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No matter how - with a verb or without?
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How is adding oil going to beneficial to the situation? 加油
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“A pair of mandarin oranges” as a homophone of “the gold”
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Etymology of 白族
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