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The Dancing Plague (or Dance Epidemic) of 1518 was a case of dancing
mania that occurred in Strasbourg, Alsace (then part of the Holy Roman
Empire) in July 1518. Numerous people took to dancing for days without
rest, and, over the period of about one month, some of the people died
from heart attack, stroke, or exhaustion. (via BO.LT)
