Hello writers, and welcome to the final week of our look back at the top performing posts of the last five years. We finish with the post that takes the number one spot—though not too surprising since for a few years it was the #1 Google result above even Brandon Sanderson’s personal site, and was even one of the primary sources for the subject on Wikipedia. That’s since changed (I guess some wiki-reading fans felt slighted or something), but the post is still one of the top ten Google results, so it remains one of the most frequently read posts on the site to this day.
With that, there’s not much else to say. If you’ve somehow missed this titan of a popular post, or just feel like a refresher, hit the jump, and let’s talk magic.
Unusual Things 