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Did canal builders and other workers involved in large digging projects in the 1700’s in the America’s find fossils? If so what did society think about these finds?

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Was it common for whites and free African Americans to live in the same household in the 1800’s?

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did pirates in the Caribbean from the 1500s to the 1800s actually go about freeing impressed sailors and punishing poor captains? and how often did it occur?

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Did the U.S or other allied powers provide support to China in their war against the Japanese in WW2? If so what kind and to what extent?

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What did our ancestors do to explain the aurora borealis? Medieval, renaissance, etc.

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Did canal builders and other workers involved in large digging projects in the 1700’s in the America’s find fossils? If so what did society think about these finds?	9
Was it common for whites and free African Americans to live in the same household in the 1800’s?	6
did pirates in the Caribbean from the 1500s to the 1800s actually go about freeing impressed sailors and punishing poor captains? and how often did it occur?	2
Did the U.S or other allied powers provide support to China in their war against the Japanese in WW2? If so what kind and to what extent?	1
What did our ancestors do to explain the aurora borealis? Medieval, renaissance, etc.	0