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TIL that in 1999, Japan redesigned its flag with nearly imperceptible changes: the red circle was made brighter and moved to the exact center, and the ratio set at 2:3 from the previous 7:10

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Kvlw TIL that in the first translation of the New Testament into the modern Scots language, published in 1983, Satan speaks Standard English.
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