Experimental History

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Get THE STRANGEST IDEA IN THE WORLD here.

OR: the secret key to permanent happiness

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OR: an apology to my English teachers

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OR: you must look at this fish and go insane

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yeehaw

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2 Decline, 2 Deviance

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..."was having a stroke while doing a poo"

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OR: the Great Switcheroo

Original post: https://www.experimental-history.com/p/stop-eating-lady-gagas-oreos

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OR: crock pots and lightning bolts

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OR: the Halo theory of science

Original post: https://www.experimental-history.com/p/nothing-ever-dies-it-merely-becomes

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OR: if we were playing by Settlers of Catan rules, I'd be dead already

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Links 'n' updates

Original post: https://www.experimental-history.com/p/i-swear-the-ufo-is-coming-any-minute

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OR: why you should sell onions on the internet

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Read on, queen

Original post: https://www.experimental-history.com/p/text-is-king

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Experimental History just turned four, so here are last year’s most-viewed posts:

a three-part treatment for a near-universal affliction

Original post: https://www.experimental-history.com/p/how-to-be-less-awkward

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I'm off this week for the holidays, so here's a post I return to at the start of every new year. See you in 2026!

Original post: https://www.experimental-history.com/p/so-you-wanna-de-bog-yourself

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OR: grindset and bedrot

Original post: https://www.experimental-history.com/p/the-drug-that-taught-me-how-much

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OR: pedants 'n' pinheads

Original post: https://www.experimental-history.com/p/secrets-of-the-ancient-memelords

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Links 'n' updates for Fall 2025

Original post: https://www.experimental-history.com/p/you-say-potato-i-say-leprosy

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Where has all the weirdness gone?

Original post: https://www.experimental-history.com/p/the-decline-of-deviance

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OR: whack 'em if you got 'em

Original post: https://www.experimental-history.com/p/thank-you-for-being-annoying

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yeehaw

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OR: Borg vibes

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OR: Claude, will you go to prom with me?

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N = 1172

Original post: https://www.experimental-history.com/p/do-conversations-end-when-people

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Links 'n' updates for Summer 2025

Original post: https://www.experimental-history.com/p/revenge-of-the-blockheads

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OR: why your brain needs a boxcutter

Original post: https://www.experimental-history.com/p/face-it-youre-a-crazy-person

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OR: sugar daddy salt bae

Original post: https://www.experimental-history.com/p/three-dumb-studies-for-your-consideration

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OR: the DIY Renaissance

Original post: https://www.experimental-history.com/p/the-second-annual-blog-post-competition

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OR: the ideas your mother warned you about

Original post: https://www.experimental-history.com/p/new-paradigm-for-psychology-just

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OR: catapulting myself into a pit of tarantulas

Original post: https://www.experimental-history.com/p/28-slightly-rude-notes-on-writing

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itty bitty ways to be better

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OR: "Son of sheeple"

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Links 'n' updates

Original post: https://www.experimental-history.com/p/hey-would-you-mind-killing-that-patient

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OR: the Three Sirens of Entropy

Original post: https://www.experimental-history.com/p/funding-science-is-actually-a-badass

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OR: Rickets, please!

Original post: https://www.experimental-history.com/p/how-to-feel-bad-and-be-wrong

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OR: The devil is here and he's making some good points

Original post: https://www.experimental-history.com/p/two-stupid-facts-that-rule-the-world
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