In the late 1980s, a mysterious and horrifying phenomenon occurred in Britain – over 120,000 cattle were dying from a fatal condition, dubbed "mad cow disease."

The alarm bells rang louder when it started infecting humans and manifesting as variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD), a highly fatal condition marked by rapid dementia, uncontrolled movements, and a brain resembling a spongy mess.

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