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25 Post author: Yvain 14 March 2012 04:24PM

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Comment author: gwern 14 March 2012 06:19:37PM 1 point [-]

As far as #4 goes, there are plenty of classic simple experiments - Pasteur's disproof of spontaneous generation and the demonstration of oxygen/carbon dioxide (mice and plants in bell jars) come to mind.