Recent research has found that seals brought Tuberculosis to North & South America and not European explorers. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2014/08/seals-infected-early-americans-tuberculosis
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WTF Fun Fact – Seals & TB
Who gave it to them…
@nylon It is written fine. The writer probably assumed the reader would use common sense….
Good catch @nylon
Poor wording. It sounds like the seals failed to bring European explorers to the Americas.
Better:
Recent research has found that seals, and not European explorers, brought Tuberculosis to North & South America.