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TIL of Steal This Wiki, an updated version of Abbie Hoffman's "Steal This Book", a guide to fighting corporations and unjust governments

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NXxMQ TIL about a rare trait called snatiation (sneezing + satiation). This trait is characterized by uncontrollable sneezing after eating a meal to fullness.
b6vkQ TIL Jim Marshall, inventor of the Marshall amplification system widely used by rock guitarists, contracted a form of tuberculosis that affected his bones when he was a young boy. For treatment, he was kept in plaster casts from his ankles to his armpits until he was a teenager.
MeA5A TIL that during WW2 German prisoners of Wars in Canada were so well treated that they didn't want to leave the country when released. Thousands of them eventually stayed or came back to Canada with one saying that the time in Canadian prison was "the best thing that happened to me."
xVeWw TIL that on March 13th, 2007, the New Mexico House of Representatives passed a resolution stating that Pluto will always be considered a planet while in New Mexican skies. The Illinois Senate passed a similar resolution in 2009.
gMJ7D TIL drug smugglers build submarines deep in the Colombian jungle, capable of transporting $400M+ worth of drugs and they are nearly impossible to detect. Prior to 2006 the coastguard called these “Bigfoot” thinking their existence was only a rumor.