The Worst Epidemics Throughout History

The Dancing Plague

This is one of the weirdest plagues to ever have been recorded. In 1518, a woman reportedly started to fervently dance in the streets of Strasbourg, France. Others began to join in and the crowds of dancers grew larger. Eventually, the people were taken to hospitals as they could seemingly not stop dancing, even crying out in pain. Some died from the exhaustion, literally dancing to their deaths. 

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