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Is there a disease that kills by preventing sleep?

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The Mystery of Prion Diseases

Prion diseases are rare and characteristic of a few things. They call it a spongiform disease, which means you're going to get tiny little holes in your brain. There's actually a lot of controversy about prion diseases because they don't make any sense.

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