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Back in 1518 the French city of Strasbourg experienced one of the worst recorded outbreaks of Dance Mania ever witnessed. The Dance Plague or Dance Epidemic struck almost 400 people and may have killed as many as 15 people a day. It lasted well over two months and left everyone puzzled. 

Demonic possession? Mold? Mass Hysteria? What caused this to happen and what did Saint Vitus have to do with it? 

We still don't know even 500 years later. But maybe a batch of sixth graders studying pathogens can figure it out. 

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