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infeeeee@lemm.ee to Creepy Wikipedia@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years ago

Kuru or laughing sickness - a form of transmissible spongiform encephalopathy which was transmitted among members of the Fore tribe of Papua New Guinea via cannibalism

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Kuru or laughing sickness - a form of transmissible spongiform encephalopathy which was transmitted among members of the Fore tribe of Papua New Guinea via cannibalism

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infeeeee@lemm.ee to Creepy Wikipedia@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years ago
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    Prions are damn scary. Not even technically “alive” but will kill you dead.

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      Prevention: Avoiding practices of cannibalism

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        Or just buy your dinner’s genetic history on the dark web from the 23andme hack, and make sure they don’t have a history of encephalopathy. Modern problems require modern solutions.

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          Truuuue, then we don’t have to change our diet preferences at all!

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