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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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b0G0 TIL that on September 11th, 2001, Officer John Perry of the NYPD went to headquarters to file retirement paperwork. When he heard the explosion at the world trade center he immediately responded and was later killed when one of the towers collapsed. He was the only off-duty officer killed on 9/11.
oXko TIL Hibakusha, survivors of the atomic bombs, faced considerable discrimination in Japan following the war. Families forbade theor children from marrying hibakusha, and they were often denied employment due to fears that the radiation they were exposed to was hereditary, or contagious.
DRkJ TIL Rodney Mullen essentially pioneered street skateboarding by inventing the flatground ollie, and is widely regarded as one of the most influential skaters of all time.
AN0Gd TIL the world’s oldest D20 die was made between 304 and 30 BC, a craftsman in Ptolemaic Egypt shaped what is now accepted to be the world’s oldest 20-sided die.
vENB TIL India has 814 million registered voters, 900,000 polling stations and takes India 9 days to Vote for the government. Indian Voters also get to record their displeasure with all the candidates, with the introduction of the “none of the above” option on the ballot