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The Dancing Plague of 1518: The Weirdest Rave in History


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In 1518, hundreds of people suddenly started dancing to absolutely no music in the streets of Strasbourg in the Holy Roman Empire. They continued for weeks, and eventually months, on end, with no one being able to explain why it happened. Some reports even detail many of them dying from exhaustion, rather than cease their songless dance. This is a deep dive into the weirdest rave in history.

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