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These days, college fraternities are often associated with excessive partying and drinking. When fraternities were first founded, did they have a different purpose from today, and how did the then community perceive them?
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Did Japanese authors from the early 1900s ever write fantasy stories like Lord of the Rings, just from an Eastern perspective rather than a Western?
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The Romance of the Three Kingdoms portrays the Battle of Xiaoting as Shu's aggression to avenge the death of Guan Yu. Is there any truth to this portrayal?
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Japanese media often portrays thieves with bandanas tied around their upper lips. Did thieves every do this? If so, why? If not, why are they portrayed this way?
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In one of his Q&A videos, YouTuber CGPGrey states that a country can achieve self-sufficiency (i.e. no imports or exports) if they resort to a Medieval level of technology. Were Medieval European or Asian countries actually self-sufficient in this way? Could they have been?
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Did the Shu or Wu kingdoms of Sanguo have any chance of unifying China? If so, what was it that prevented them from successfully unifying? More detailed question inside.
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