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TIL that a man once sued Satan for depriving him of his constitutional rights. The judge dismissed the case because the plaintiff had not included instructions for how a U.S. Marshal could serve process on Satan.

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nWEPG TIL that an American Governor-General of the Philippines, Francis Burton Harrison, would later be naturalized as a Philippine citizen by act of the National Assembly of the Philippines at the request of President Manuel L. Quezon after Harrison had expressed interest in it despite not qualifying
yVPvX TIL about WASP-12b, an exoplanet so close to its star that it is being stretched by gravity into an egg shape.
XNRr TIL if the US used a dollar coin instead of a bill it would save $5.5 billion over 30 years. It mints dollar coins, but unlike other developed countries, won’t remove the bill from circulation, possibly due to lack of support by Federal Reserve.
4XPrJ TIL Nicolas Cage did magic mushrooms after his cat snuck into his refrigerator and ate some.
KaAE TIL there is a resident in MIT’s Random Hall called “The Milk” that is an expired carton of milk coming up on 22 years past its expiration date