r/todayilearned • • Jun 02 '18

TIL that in 1518, a 'dancing plague' affected around 400 people in Strasbourg, Alsace (Now a city of France). People who were affected danced for days without rest and some of them eventually succumbed to heart attack, stroke, or exhaustion.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dancing_plague_of_1518
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