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Q: Looking for a book title

Abbi KI'm trying to find the title of a book for a patron who has been searching for this book for about 10 years. I believe it's about a middle grade book that she read in the early 2000's and she thought that it was new at the time. Here are the things she remembers: -There are 5 or 6 stones of powe...

 
 
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3:58 AM
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Q: Would it be possible to prove that something was from the future?

jiyIf I had a metal box that was sent back from the distant future, would there be anything empirical/scientific that could prove it? Maybe something like levels of radioactive decay?

 
4:41 AM
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Q: YA sci-fi novel with megacorp controlling massive tornadoes, mastermind with fingerprints burned off

TempIdentity supports CodidactI'm looking for a standalone novel in English aimed at a teen audience. I read it in print between about 2010 and 2016 and it was relatively recently published at the time. I believe the cover had a tornado on the front as well as a vehicle. Plot A teenage girl moves with her father to somewher...

 
 
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6:02 AM
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Q: Somewhere out there

LostboyThe manga focuses on the hero who defeats the demok king but is sent to earth afterwards with his memories still intact. He becomes the usual salary man and dies returning to the world he left after a hundred years and meets his former companion and she hasn't aged at all. He meets some slave gir...

 
 
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8:45 AM
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Q: What accent do trolls in Discworld have?

jl6 “Dis der Riot Act and you’ve all got to read it, right? “Boys, if dere was a PhD in bein’ fick, youse wouldn’t be able to find a pencil.” These are a couple of quotes from Detritus, the Troll in the Watch. Are the words “dis”, “der”, “dere”, and “fick” an attempt at transcribing a particular...

 
9:06 AM
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Q: Children’s book about time travel and friends being taken from past time periods

Jenna EnglishI’m trying to remember the name of these books I read as a kid. It involved a group of friends (maybe 3 kids)? They somehow managed to travel back in time but if they changed anything or too much it could cause ripples in time. I also slightly remember something about a plane and them being take...

 
 
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10:07 AM
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Q: Anime show where the protagonist has a gun like instruments that releases cards having monster inside it

user125479There was a show where the protagonist has a gun like instruments that releases cards having monster inside it. They have a team of 4 people.

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Q: Does Morris Bench a.k.a Hydro-Man exist in the MCU?

ShreedharIn Spider-Man Far From Home, when Beck faces off the Water-based Elemental, on the news, [A handful of students are watching a television news report about Mysterio.] Unidentified student: It’s aliens. It has to be. Flash: Buzzfeed says there’s a sailor named Morris Bench who was e...

 
10:53 AM
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Q: Anime show where the protagonist has a gun like instruments that releases cards having monster inside it

user125479There was a show where the protagonist has a gun like instruments that releases cards having monster inside it. They have a team of 4 people.

^ Another very vague one.
 
 
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12:44 PM
@b_jonas and we don't even know what color the main character's spiky hair is.
 
 
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2:36 PM
ROFL.
My crappy MS Paint mockup has become the official image used by SE to denote election winners with deleted accounts.
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A: Change the way deleted users are shown in the Community Moderator Elections page

Yaakov EllisThanks everyone for your suggestions. I have gone ahead and used the image from Rand's answer. Election results are update on SciFi and Philosophy. I appreciate everyone's efforts here.

 
Wow haha
Better than what it was though tbf
 
Well, what it was was just Shog's crappy <insert paint program here> mockup.
Not something that went through a design team or anything.
 
2:58 PM
@Jenayah It says there's a team of four protagonists though, so they probably each have different hair.
 
@b_jonas And yet I'm the only DV.
 
3:13 PM
Because nobody else cares enough? :)
 
3:32 PM
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Q: Why did the geth never leave Rannoch?

KeizerHarmSo you have the geth, a robotic race that overthrew their former masters, the quarians, and cast them off their shared homeworld of Rannoch to go live in outer space, while they hide from the rest of the Milky Way and focus on their personal endeavours (like building all kinds of weaponry for the...

 
3:53 PM
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Q: How did Marty know Doc originally?

The Dark LordIt's clear that Marty first met the 1955 version of Doc by tracking his house down in the phone directory. However, earlier in the film, they are shown to have quite a strong relationship. Doc is happy with Marty coming into his house and even invites him to let himself in. Doc: This is very ...

 
4:34 PM
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Q: Is there such a being as 'Dark Multiverse' Darkseid?

GridAlienI've recently been reading DC Comic's Dark Multiverse and I have been wondering just how the Dark Universe interacts with the Fourth World. In Dark Knights Metal We know that version differs from the "real" version because Additionally, in Tales of the Dark Multiverse: Blackest Night ...

 
4:53 PM
@b_jonas the horror!
 
5:08 PM
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Q: What does "once romoved either way" mean?

S E Mr. Drogo married poor Miss Primula Brandybuck. She was our Mr. Bilbo's first cousin on the mother's side (her mother being the youngest of the Old Took's daughters); and Mr. Drogo was his second cousin. So Mr. Frodo is his first and second cousin, once removed either way, as the saying is, if...

 
@Babelfish "He was her 2nd cousin three times removed, but he kept coming back."
 
5:55 PM
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Q: Comic with disturbing imagery

TreninI recall reading a comic book (possibly a graphic novel) in the late 80's which had some disturbing imagery. I can't recall much but here are some of the things I do remember; A very burly reformed criminal (possibly forcibly reformed?) donates his own arm to a child. It was comic (pun intend...

 
 
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8:58 PM
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Q: Folklore and mythology in The Witcher's bestiary

Viktor BeThe Witcher's world has a very rich bestiarium. For example the arts of a vampire: Higher Vampire Alpor Katakan Moola Bruxa Nosferat Ekimma Fleder Garkain Plumard Or the Necrophages: Abaya Alghoul Devourer Drowner Foglet Ghoul ... Which of those are The Witcher's native and which have a...

 
9:10 PM
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Q: How can there be a baby Yoda in "The Mandalorian" when the Empire hasn't been formed yet?

ChloeIn the first episode of The Mandalorian, the bounty hunter finds "baby Yoda", who is apparently 50 years old. There are also Stormtroopers in the episode. He also says Empire credits are no good. How is this possible when Stormtroopers and the Empire did not exist until the fifth Star Wars movie...

 
10:00 PM
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Q: How much does the Iron Man Mk 1 suit weigh?

M.O.D.O.KI’m talking about the Iron Man Mk 1 suit from the first movie, the one he uses to escape the cave.

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Q: Science fiction stories by Isaac Asimov

Code_InfinityWhat do you think is the best Isaac Asimov story I should search.So far I've read only one "Callistan mennace" and I was wondering how his other stories are.

 

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