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Odd Discoveries

When a Man Sued Satan and a Federal Judge Had to Take It Seriously

In 1971, Gerald Mayo filed a federal lawsuit against Satan himself, claiming the devil had violated his constitutional rights and caused him immense suffering. A federal judge didn't dismiss it out of hand—he wrote a serious legal opinion explaining, in careful legal language, why the court couldn't actually hear a case against the Prince of Darkness.

Mar 13, 2026

Strange Historical Events

The Lightning Magnet: How One Park Ranger Became Nature's Most Improbable Target

Roy Sullivan wasn't just struck by lightning once. Or twice. The Kentucky park ranger survived seven verified lightning strikes between 1942 and 1977—a statistical impossibility so absurd that it reads like fiction. Yet the scars, the medical records, and the Guinness World Record prove it all really happened.

Mar 13, 2026