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5. The Dancing Plague of 1518: Death by Dance Party?

5. The Dancing Plague of 1518: Death by Dance Party?

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💃🪦 In 1518, dozens ofpeople in Strasbourg, France, reportedly danced... until they dropped.

But did they really dance themselves todeath?

In this episode of Probably Not True,we unravel the legend of the Dancing Plague:


History’s weirdest dance party — ruinedby facts.

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