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Dancing plague of 1518 (en.wikipedia.org)

submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago

I lived through a dancing plague once. The Macarena, we called it.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Believe it or not, there’s actually footage of this:

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

There are now 50 million people dancing there

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Hmm, yes, I can tell by the video quality this was 1518

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Interesting read, thanks.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

This is what time machines are for