From leech collectors to knocker-ups, here are 16 weird jobs our ancestors did that no longer exist

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Drake Baer, Ivan De Luce for Business Insider

Aug 07 ’19

From leech collectors to knocker-ups, here are 16 weird jobs our ancestors did that no longer exist

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