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Reading the Three Kingdoms, one gets the (obviously romanticized) impression that serving in one of the available armies was almost like a vacation from farming, and wasn't likely to lead to death or dismemberment. What was the reality for ancient Chinese infantry?

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Is there any record of how medieval man reacted to/interpreted the existence of static electricity?

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What's with all the banks failing in the late 19th/early 20th century?

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In terms of corruption/incompetence, how does the Trump administration (thus far) compare to that of Warren Harding?

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Reading the Three Kingdoms, one gets the (obviously romanticized) impression that serving in one of the available armies was almost like a vacation from farming, and wasn't likely to lead to death or dismemberment. What was the reality for ancient Chinese infantry?	519
Is there any record of how medieval man reacted to/interpreted the existence of static electricity?	9
What's with all the banks failing in the late 19th/early 20th century?	2
In terms of corruption/incompetence, how does the Trump administration (thus far) compare to that of Warren Harding?	1