Episode 461
The Dancing Plague of 1518
Learn more about bouts of dancing that actually kill people
Everything Everywhere Daily: History, Science, Geography, & More
October 10, 20219m 31s
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Show Notes
People who love to dance are said to have dancing fever. Dancing fever is just a phrase and not something meant to be taken literally.
However, could there really be an actual dancing fever? Could there be a disease that caused people, many people, to dance until they fell from exhaustion?
Well, maybe.
Learn more about the Straussberg Dancing Plague of 1518 on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.
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