The Dancing Plague of 1518

In Strasbourg, hundreds of people danced uncontrollably for weeks — some until they collapsed. Authorities prescribed more dancing. It remains unexplained.

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The prescribed cure — hire musicians and dance harder — is the part that never stops being funny in a dark way.

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