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TIL Some genes that protected against bubonic plague in the 1300s are now associated with autoimmune diseases. The increased efficiency of presenting plague antigens to T cells also increases the risk of self proteins being presented as dangerous resulting in immune activation against self tissues.
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TIL of Jevons Paradox, by English economist William Stanley Jevons in 1865. The Paradox states that as technology or policy improves the efficiency of a resource, the relative decrease in cost of the resource results in greater use of the resource, negating the efficiency improvement.
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TIL Keeping cats on ships has been a long held seafaring tradition due to their efficiency as a form of pest control and the supposed luck they brought to vessels. It is thought that cats were spread around the world by groups such as the Ancient Egyptians, Vikings, and Age of Discovery explorers.
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