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How Hundreds Danced Themselves to Death | Dancing Plague

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The Flash Mob in Strasbourg

In 1518, a woman named Trafia began dancing in the streets of Strasbourg. The city tried to get her out of its system by setting up a grand stage with musicians and everything. A month later, there are 400 other people now dancing uncontrollably without stop. Do they become liable at that point for deaths? That is an interesting question.

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