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TIL in 2021, someone leaked a memo which alerted the public to the existence of a mysterious neurological disease that first appeared in 2013, and indiscriminately effects dozens of people exclusively in New Brunswick. It's officially called "New Brunswick Neurological syndrome of Unknown Cause"

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