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The Great Chicago Fire of October 1871 is said to have left 100,000 homeless. Do we know anything about what happened to those people as winter was around the corner? Did relief efforts successfully keep them out of the elements?

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Did Polynesians have enough continental rock (obsidian/chert/rhyolite) to produce sharp stone weapons? Were all Polynesian sharp weapons made of shark's teeth/sharpened wood?

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In England in the 1600/1700s, would most people have been proficient at riding horses? Did only elites know how to ride?

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The Great Chicago Fire of October 1871 is said to have left 100,000 homeless. Do we know anything about what happened to those people as winter was around the corner? Did relief efforts successfully keep them out of the elements?	23
Did Polynesians have enough continental rock (obsidian/chert/rhyolite) to produce sharp stone weapons? Were all Polynesian sharp weapons made of shark's teeth/sharpened wood?	13
In England in the 1600/1700s, would most people have been proficient at riding horses? Did only elites know how to ride?	4