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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 (en.wikipedia.org)
submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/creepywikipedia
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[–] [email protected] 22 points 10 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] wellee 7 points 10 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

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