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

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X6JR TIL that snub-nosed dog breeds continually struggle to breathe because of their deformity
Rxkl TIL that we use Green-and Blue-Screen instead of Red because there is no blue or green pigment in our skin.
VMW70 TIL that upon joining Black Sabbath in 1979, Ronnie James Dio began using the sign of the horns. The previous singer in the band, Ozzy Osbourne, was rather well known for using the "peace" sign. Dio, not wanting to copy Osbourne, chose to use the sign his grandmother always made.
x6NDk TIL of Fagging, a traditional practice in British public schools and also at many other boarding schools, whereby younger pupils were required to act as personal servants to the eldest boys.
W70l4 TIL that a toast sandwich is something that exists. There was a recipe for it in the ‘invalid cookery’ section of the 1861 Book of Household Management and in 2011, it was recreated by the Royal Society of Chemistry.