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If I were to enter an Algonquin or Iroquoian longhouse on the eastern coast of North America prior to European contact, how pleasant would the smell of smoke be? That is, did they burn nice-smelling materials commonly?
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Why didn't British savory puddings and pies (aside from chicken pot pie) survive in American cuisine? Or did these become popular after the period when America was colonized?
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The Wikipedia article on Puyi says that the palace eunuchs wore necklaces with jars of brine holding their testicles and penises. Is this true, and if so when was this custom instituted?
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What did the Japanese Emperor and his court nobility in Kyoto do all day during their centuries of powerlessness? Did they engage in a pantomime government?
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I've heard that the Cossacks looked down on regular Russians as they saw themselves as "free men" as opposed to regular Russian serfs. But were the Cossacks that served the Tsar really 'free men' in anyway? Did they have any rights or privileges above that of a Russian serf or peasant?
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What were the laws concerning slavery in ancient Rome? Could a slaver clap any non-citizen in irons and enslave them? Were there any protections to prevent a freedman from being re-enslaved? Was slave-taking only allowed outside the borders of the empire?
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Why is the Japanese Yen so weak in terms of one unit? Did the Japanese economy experience hyperinflation at some point and then stabilize or was the yen designed to trade in the thousands for daily stuff?
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Why did the women of the Indian subcontinent grind their grains with stone hand mills (chakki)? Why didn't professional millers with watermills or windmills take off?
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People of Iranian ancestry seem over-represented as authors of early Islamic religious texts and historical works. I've heard that this is because Iran had a literary culture while the Arabs did not. But I've also heard very little Sassanian writing exists. Are there 'lost' Sassanian works?
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