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When did the pants pocket come around? I've found info about tunic and coat pockets and slits and pouches, but nothing about pants. Thanks!

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Were slaves treated differently in Canada than in the USA, and were there a lot less slaves but more indentured servants?

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I recently heard about Squire Boone, brother of Daniel Boone. I read that he was well known in his time, and my question is: are there other frontiersmen and gunmen that were famous in the 1800s that have dwindled and why wasn't their fame maintained to today?

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During Hannibal's crossing of the Alps, it was around Rome's warm period, do we have any information about the weather in the Alps at the time?

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How expensive were doctors in the US before 1900s?

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How much and what kinds of poison gases were used during WWII on soldiers/sailors/civilian pops not in concentration camps?

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Having watched a lot of movies, there always seems to be giant ancient abandoned temples in jungles, are there a lot of them and if so why do they just get abandoned instead of built over?

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Are there any examples throughout history of well documented (so mostly wars) with a person, entourage, navy or army interacting with another that historians have to guess at who the encounter was with?

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I've been listening to the audio book Unbroken and in the book it talks about houses in Japan having heavy industry equipment. How common was this?

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How many ex-Nazi/Geatapo/etc got jobs in the same fields after the war?

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When did the pants pocket come around? I've found info about tunic and coat pockets and slits and pouches, but nothing about pants. Thanks!	5
Were slaves treated differently in Canada than in the USA, and were there a lot less slaves but more indentured servants?	4
I recently heard about Squire Boone, brother of Daniel Boone. I read that he was well known in his time, and my question is: are there other frontiersmen and gunmen that were famous in the 1800s that have dwindled and why wasn't their fame maintained to today?	3
During Hannibal's crossing of the Alps, it was around Rome's warm period, do we have any information about the weather in the Alps at the time?	2
How expensive were doctors in the US before 1900s?	2
How much and what kinds of poison gases were used during WWII on soldiers/sailors/civilian pops not in concentration camps?	1
Having watched a lot of movies, there always seems to be giant ancient abandoned temples in jungles, are there a lot of them and if so why do they just get abandoned instead of built over?	1
Are there any examples throughout history of well documented (so mostly wars) with a person, entourage, navy or army interacting with another that historians have to guess at who the encounter was with?	1
I've been listening to the audio book Unbroken and in the book it talks about houses in Japan having heavy industry equipment. How common was this?	1
How many ex-Nazi/Geatapo/etc got jobs in the same fields after the war?	1