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TIL that in 1971, a US man named Gerald Mayo filed a lawsuit in the District Court of Pennsylvania. He was suing Satan, for making him fall down. The judge rejected "Mayo v Satan", pointing out that Mayo did not provide appropriate directions for the US Marshals to serve the summons to Satan.

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