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TIL The Church of Satan does not worship or even believe in the existence of Satan

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PYd5O TIL that it is safe to eat raw eggs in Japan due to their strict control of processes involved in egg production.
P7EZ TIL Skype was developed by the same Estonian programmers who created Kazaa.
a8BkJ TIL although the birth name of the villain in "Halloween" (1978) is Michael Myers, his official “killer” name is "The Shape" in both the Halloween script and the movie credits. The name was borrowed from the Salem Witch Trial judges who referred to spirits who harm others "shapes."
W7EVd TIL: the Duke of Monmouth’s executioner was so (infamously) incompetent, the Duke lifted his head and gave the executioner the side eye for botching the first swing
BgWWx TIL the last known Egyptian hieroglyphic inscription is the Graffito of Esmet-Akhom, written in 394AD; it invokes the deity Mandulis to keep the inscription safe for "for all time and eternity"