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TIL for a long while, in Christianity, Satan was not feared. He was more 'comic relief' and the butt of jokes. It was the increased belief in Witchcraft which eventually caused Satan to be feared.

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4ZOw TIL in 2004, there were three major computer virus authors at “war” with each other. They were the Netsky, Bagle and Mydoom worms. Netsky was most famous for comments within the code insulting the authors of the other viruses and, in some cases, routines that removed versions of the other viruses.
oB467 TIL that a crown was added to Liechtenstein's flag after the country found out at the 1936 Olympics that their flag was identical to that of Haiti
b9MQN TIL that there's actually no number spelled with the letter "a" before 1,000.
R5V7a TIL George Washington had no biological children
16A9P TIL The Chequered flag originated in a road rally, in 1906. S.Walden divided the courses into sections; the time check at the end of each section was performed by race officials called "checkers". These checkers used Chequered flags to identify themselves.