Historyspeaking topic
In 1518 in Strasbourg, hundreds of people danced for days without stopping, and some died of exhaustion; it was called the 'dancing plague,' and no one knows its exact cause to this day. If a crowd can be swept into the same frenzy with no orders given, simply by being together, how far is that really from today's viral crazes?
— The dancing plague of Strasbourg, 1518, mass hysteria
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