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TIL ciguatera fish poisoning, which affects a half million people a year, can be sexually transmitted, can last 20 years, and has no cure.

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neWZ7 TIL that ABBA's "Dancing Queen" is a favourite of Queen Elizabeth II. She claims: "I always try to dance when this song comes on, because I am the Queen, and I like to dance."
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