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August 1[edit]

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2012 August 1

  1. Vegetarianism and Bad-Breath
  2. 80s NBA (basketball) player

August 2[edit]

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2012 August 2

  1. Olympic pools heated?
  2. human potential/development
  3. Most useful free sites out there
  4. Indira Gandhi

August 3[edit]

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2012 August 3

  1. Name for new company
  2. The passionate shepherd to his love.
  3. How to find Committee against Torture decisions
  4. Condom
  5. sensitive articles

August 4[edit]

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2012 August 4

  1. Are Ivanovich and Johnson the same last name?

August 5[edit]

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2012 August 5

  1. Secretariat's ancestry
  2. finding a person

August 6[edit]

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2012 August 6

  1. Why is it Less Acceptable for Guys to Call Other Straight Guys Handsome than it is for Women to call Other Straight Women Pretty?
  2. How do I sign up as a foreign mercenary for the Free Syrian Army?
  3. PS2 COUNCIL

August 7[edit]

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2012 August 7

  1. Video games for ps2
  2. Color based classifications
  3. How to share large collection of references on a single topic

August 8[edit]

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2012 August 8

  1. Richard Hale
  2. Dont let it be downloaded..
  3. Weight of footwear
  4. "Catamaran cycling", maybe
  5. Feed back points on ebay
  6. Which News/Newspaper/Magazine Sites Have the Best Graphics and Interactive Graphics?

August 9[edit]

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2012 August 9

  1. Coast to coast
  2. Retaining independent participation after rendering sovereignty to US
  3. Moving to canada questions.

August 10[edit]

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2012 August 10

  1. Digital antenna range and signal overlap
  2. Fancy Moves in .doc and .pdf
  3. USSR/USA comparison
  4. US food labeling laws and health benefit claims
  5. Creepy wikipedia links
  6. Flint & Kent store, NYC, 1946
  7. Trial Litigation Second Opinion
  8. Hogwarts Crest

August 11[edit]

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2012 August 11

  1. Margaret Crotty episode of I survived type show
  2. Classification system
  3. Cleaning keyboard
  4. career

August 12[edit]

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2012 August 12

  1. Flag of Zambia
  2. If we found life on Mars?
  3. Looking for a book
  4. Easiest route from Helsinki to northern Sweden
  5. How do we know the CIA didn't smuggle in a brand-new earthquakebomb developed at Area 51?
  6. What company makes this journal?
  7. Pikes Peak ownership
  8. Deus ex Human rev.

August 13[edit]

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2012 August 13

  1. Triace brand bicycles?
  2. Turning wind pressure into weight
  3. Passing the world record but not getting gold
  4. Motor oil on lawn

August 14[edit]

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2012 August 14

  1. Fan speed controls
  2. Drama - Villa for Sale
  3. UK to US electricity conversion

August 15[edit]

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2012 August 15

  1. VACCC colors
  2. Monthly Prize Draw
  3. human tongue,
  4. Non-refund credit transaction to a payment card account
  5. Harold Halma
  6. Problem with viewing the Computing Reference Desk at work
  7. Paul Ryan, Royal Dano

August 16[edit]

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2012 August 16

  1. Name for short turns in roads
  2. Hunting gear
  3. Did Cat can eat or drink chocolate?
  4. Julian Assange and Ecuador
  5. Common name for Central European Time and Central European Summer Time

August 17[edit]

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2012 August 17

  1. How do i properly shave pubes?
  2. Cost of each MasterCard transaction
  3. procedure for nomination of competent authority under the provisions of petrolium and minerals pipeline act
  4. Julian Assange
  5. BD( Becton Dickinson ) sana-lox control syringe #4123
  6. my cams broken please help

August 18[edit]

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2012 August 18

  1. African shop selling boubou Toronto
  2. A conversion machine
  3. Olympic track and field
  4. How to identify quality stitching ?
  5. Is Ben Wedeman Jewish?

August 19[edit]

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2012 August 19

  1. Coastal Management - Central Coast Beaches - Terrigal/Wamberal Beach (Australia)
  2. is this pic real
  3. Nicholas Crane's napsack
  4. Neutral pieces in chess variants

August 20[edit]

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2012 August 20

  1. Palm trees in Nepal?
  2. World Map
  3. Corruption in US
  4. Changing coordinates?

August 21[edit]

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2012 August 21

  1. Where can I read the text of the Michigan 2012 "Protect Our Jobs" initiative ?

August 22[edit]

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2012 August 22

  1. Map colours
  2. Amelia Earhart's plane

August 23[edit]

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2012 August 23

  1. section
  2. Omeglespyx

August 24[edit]

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2012 August 24

  1. Meteor Strike
  2. Copyrighted image?
  3. Old restaurant or store on East 42nd Street, Manhattan

August 25[edit]

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2012 August 25

  1. Help Identifying House Plants
  2. Lemon juice

August 26[edit]

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2012 August 26

  1. Jolly Sower?
  2. what is the largest monetary judgment ever?
  3. Alaska in WWII
  4. College Degree Question
  5. Where is this place please
  6. How do hackers cover their tracks?
  7. SINGER JANE MORGAN
  8. Is mis-labeled Great Value "wheat" bread sold by WalMart?
  9. What's the rule/pattern?
  10. Can I retrieve my "astonishingly high" test score from a 1962 U.S. Military Induction center?

August 27[edit]

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2012 August 27

  1. Carpathia
  2. planting cuttings- fresh or later?
  3. Tax lists
  4. Is this passport text awkwardly worded?
  5. The book was better than the movie or: why listening to Debussy is like watching a movie
  6. Name of hat needed
  7. Edhi Van
  8. Interpretation of Manusmriti

August 28[edit]

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2012 August 28

  1. Notable People With Large #s of Children All With One Gender
  2. Apple has over 10 billion dollars in cash
  3. Roy Salvardori, English racing driver.
  4. Quebec
  5. How do I dial this UK number from the US?

August 29[edit]

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2012 August 29

  1. International Phonetic Alphabet
  2. SHACKLOCK BICYCLE
  3. Cash

August 30[edit]

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2012 August 30

  1. Paralympics. rowing 4. Ireland

August 31[edit]

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2012 August 31

  1. Why Has the Combo of Short Shorts/a Short Skirt and Knee Socks Become Extremely Popular for Young Women During the Last 10 or 20 Years?
  2. Regarding Accessing wikipedia library
  3. Have you got the time?
  4. Non-voters
  5. Leisure time activity that people can enjoy, individually and with other people, for free?