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The Dancing Plague of 1518

The Dancing Plague of 1518

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Join Sophie and Jess as they shimmy into the bizarre Dancing Plague of 1518, where Strasbourg’s citizens danced uncontrollably—some to their deaths—with no clear cause! Was it mass hysteria, funky bread, or a saint’s curse? Unravel this wild historical oddity in Episode 3 of History’s Little Mysteries!

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