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What sort of accommodations were made for slave women who became pregnant, if any? Was there a generally accepted point at which pregnant slaves would not be expected to work, and could rest? Or were they worked just as hard as normal?

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How did eskimo/inuit people protect themselves from polar bears? Wouldn't they be at serious risk while sleeping?

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How long did it take early American colonists in New England to clear an acre of land for farming?

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Why did William IV of Prussia reject the German Imperial Crown when it was offered to him in 1849?

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If you followed a supersonic aircraft right in its trailing shockwave, what would you hear? A loud roar? Repeated "booms"? Nothing?

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Does Opera have any origin in ancient Greek/Roman theatre? Or is it a creation of the Renaissance?

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Books on the history of capitalist economics?

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How much leeway did British POWs have in WW2? Better rations than the Germans? Talking back to guards with impunity?

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I came across a copy of an 8th century German epic poem published in Germany in 1945, either right after the war or in its final moments. It tells the tale of a father and son who meet on a battlefield and honorbound to fight. What allegorical meanng ds ths hv, cnsdring th tme at whch it was pblshd?

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What's the oldest significant artifact that has survived the ages as something handed down through the ages, not lost and then found in an excavation?

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What sort of accommodations were made for slave women who became pregnant, if any? Was there a generally accepted point at which pregnant slaves would not be expected to work, and could rest? Or were they worked just as hard as normal?	27	AskHistorians
How did eskimo/inuit people protect themselves from polar bears? Wouldn't they be at serious risk while sleeping?	25	AskHistorians
How long did it take early American colonists in New England to clear an acre of land for farming?	24	AskHistorians
Why did William IV of Prussia reject the German Imperial Crown when it was offered to him in 1849?	15	AskHistorians
If you followed a supersonic aircraft right in its trailing shockwave, what would you hear? A loud roar? Repeated "booms"? Nothing?	12	askscience
Does Opera have any origin in ancient Greek/Roman theatre? Or is it a creation of the Renaissance?	8	AskHistorians
Books on the history of capitalist economics?	7	AskHistorians
How much leeway did British POWs have in WW2? Better rations than the Germans? Talking back to guards with impunity?	6	AskHistorians
I came across a copy of an 8th century German epic poem published in Germany in 1945, either right after the war or in its final moments. It tells the tale of a father and son who meet on a battlefield and honorbound to fight. What allegorical meanng ds ths hv, cnsdring th tme at whch it was pblshd?	6	AskHistorians
What's the oldest significant artifact that has survived the ages as something handed down through the ages, not lost and then found in an excavation?	5	AskHistorians