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It comes to this folks...laughter. Today we explore an event so odd and yet profoundly human they had to label it something. Let us take a stab in the dark and explore The Laughing Plague of 1962.

Sources:

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/the-1962-laughter-epidemic-of-tanganyika-was-no-joke

https://sometimes-interesting.com/2011/07/16/the-tanganyika-laughter-epidemic/

https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2003-07-29-0307290281-story.html

https://history.howstuffworks.com/historical-events/10-strangest-mass-hysterias6.htm

https://www.thevintagenews.com/2016/09/29/tanganyika-laughter-epidemic-1962-around-1000-people-hysterically-laughing-one-year/

https://www.urbo.com/content/the-many-theories-behind-the-strange-tanganyika-laughter-epidemic/

https://www.realclearscience.com/blog/2013/02/tanganyika-laughter-epidemic-of-1962.html

https://www.listennotes.com/e/0a5c8357091741cc867bcd4c5471a9a3/