Yesterday I learned:
You can see the raw markdown for any post or comment on SN by adding /edit to the URL.
For example, if you were like me and wanted to see how someone was able to get this - Elon Musk to appear without it being treated as markdown and causing it to produce HTML for a list item, ... then seeing the raw markdown will show the trick ( \- Elon Musk ).
lol at the title ... Comments and posts share the same database table, so a lot the code is reused. It's assumed you'll only ever be at the /edit path with a post. ie If you aren't url hacking, you'll never see the title.
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