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Back in 1518, a woman in a small European town started dancing. And then a few people joined her, and a few more, and a few more. In a bizarre event that would come to be known as the Dancing Plague of 1518, over 100 people danced until they died. What….what is this?
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Sources:
https://allthatsinteresting.com/dancing-plague
https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20220512-the-people-who-danced-themselves-to-death
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dancing_plague_of_1518
https://www.history.com/news/what-was-the-dancing-plague-of-1518
https://www.britannica.com/event/dancing-plague-of-1518
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