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rob, Sun 1 Apr 2001, 1:00)
Then how did the 10 people get it?
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Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Fri 29 Oct 2010, 15:46,
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15 years ago)
They used to eat the bodies of the dead as part of the burial ritual.
The more it spread the more people died and the more people ate it etc etc.
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PsychoChomp, Fri 29 Oct 2010, 15:48,
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ew.
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Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Fri 29 Oct 2010, 15:50,
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you're making that up
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Lisette von Falcon, Fri 29 Oct 2010, 15:52,
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It's believable
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Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Fri 29 Oct 2010, 15:53,
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He's not, apparently it's called Kuru
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Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Fri 29 Oct 2010, 15:54,
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I don't ALWAYS lie
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuru_
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PsychoChomp, Fri 29 Oct 2010, 15:54,
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if you don't stop citing Wikipedia
badger's going to lecture you again
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Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Fri 29 Oct 2010, 16:00,
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haha. perhaps I should
no, I did agree with him that it's not a problem for this. I just disagree that it's a valid scientific resource, but I am quite harsh on that.
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the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Fri 29 Oct 2010, 16:10,
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"It is also known as the laughing sickness due to the pathologic bursts of laughter people would display when afflicted with the disease"
like being a canibal isn't creepy enough, they need to have a crazy laugh too?
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Lisette von Falcon, Fri 29 Oct 2010, 16:01,
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