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Dancing plague of 1518 - There is even controversy concerning the number of deaths

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Dancing plague of 1518
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TIL about the dancing plague of 1518 in Strasbourg where hundreds started to dance maniacally without any known reason, some even dancing to their death.
TIL about the dancing plague of 1518 in Strasbourg where hundreds started to dance maniacally without any known reason, some even dancing to their death.
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  • I think the mass hysteria explanation is the more interesting and, to me, more likely explanation. I think it was too widespread to blame on ergot poisoning.

    • Yeah, it makes you think what's going through a persons mind...

      I wouldn't rule out the food poisoning - we have documented examples of whole villages and cities succumbing to sickness because of polluted water source or wrong materials being used for the water supply.