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October 1

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2018 October 1

1. Hoover's pigs
2. getting blackout drunk

October 2

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2018 October 2

1. Searching for a specific philosopher
2. Searching for another philosopher

October 3

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2018 October 3

1. Which country took the most days to send its diplomat to the UN and "activate" him?
2. Field Marshal O’Kavanagh, governor of Prague

October 4

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2018 October 4

1. Can anyone find image?
2. Volkswagen Group

October 5

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2018 October 5

1. Re: History_of_the_European_Union#1945%E2%80%931957:_From_ECSC_to_the_Treaties_of_Rome
2. Nuclear accident where an idiot tried to get rid of radioactive liquid
3. Changing the caption of a picture in a Wikipedia article
4. Bob Dole

October 6

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2018 October 6

1. Languages in Indian courts

October 8

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2018 October 8

1. US Senate traditions regarding SCOTUS confirmation
2. Last-minute stays of execution

October 9

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2018 October 9

1. Parliamentary republics' presidents
2. How is office space distributed in short rich world cities?

October 10

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2018 October 10

1. Why were the jury boxes made too small?
2. Did France's invasion of Algiers make it easier for King Charles X to get overthrown in 1830?
3. "...with the ADVICE and consent of the Senate"
4. Number of pages of La violence et le sacré

October 12

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2018 October 12

1. EU competences

October 13

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2018 October 13

1. How are the Romanian Revolution’s casualties divided?
2. A vintage bleve

October 14

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2018 October 14

1. Proper names
2. General Chiapati? Italy, Second World War

October 20

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2018 October 20

1. EU competences (II)
2. Are recessions an unavoidable phenomena?

October 21

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2018 October 21

1. Regions of the Russian Empire?
2. Arche

October 22

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2018 October 22

1. The Banishment of Hagar
2. Why was the Cambodian genocide a genocide?
3. In the late 1840s,
4. Why did post-perspective Western art often have everything contemporary-looking?

October 26

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2018 October 26

1. American Heritage Foundation
2. Cannibalism and human sacrifice in ancient Europe
3. US Navy mandate
4. How can a small company have more than two billion shares?

October 27

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2018 October 27

1. Did the Italians, Romanians, and Serbs in Austria-Hungary want to join Italy/Serbia/Romania before WWI?

October 28

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2018 October 28

1. Are U.S. citizens automatically authorized to work in the United States?
2. Did Noah's son Ham have sex with Noah's wife, Ham's mother?

October 29

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2018 October 29

1. Are any UK place names of U.S. or Commonwealth origin instead of the other way around?
2. jack abramoff and lobbying