Why doesn't javascript newlines work inside html?

Question

So I have the following:

  
    
  
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Answer 1

Everyone has said what it was to be said but in case if you are using firebug/chrome Javascript console ..then try this >

console.log("Hello\nWorld");

This is the key difference. When you are printing something in HTML, the HTML rules apply. Elsewhere you can see the line breaks work.