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Which strange event in 1518 saw dozens of people dance uncontrollably for days until they collapsed?
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5 days ago | [YT] | 478



@Fifth-Ninja-Turtle

Ancient drug addiction epidemic

5 days ago | 5

@deuce-infinitum2001

Ergot, a fungus, that works like LSD. From old rye bread.

5 days ago | 3

@paige-vt8fn

Well the answer is already implied in the name. And in case you still don't get it, think; Hocus Pocus. πŸ˜‰ πŸ‘

5 days ago | 5

@kwkw5711

St vitus dance? Ergot? Or stress induced psychosis

5 days ago (edited) | 8

@markpimlott2879

Ergot; a fungal rust on grain crops, as I recall, that produces LSD like effects! Then contemporary historical documents recorded those effects many times during the Middle Ages but of course its cause wasn't necessarily detected and certainly not understood! πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ 🍁 πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡Ί 🏀 🌾 🏀

4 days ago | 3

@Simontolivar

Audition for " They shoot horses don't they?" .

5 days ago | 1

@aarondirks6661

Sounds like somebody spiked the punch

4 days ago | 1

@TheLibraryChamber

Rye breads?

4 days ago | 1

@AM-in8gh

Did a group of people poison the well again?

4 days ago | 1

@JP-ro2yi

All of these actually happened back then! Sounds like something out of a movie or just an old tale.

3 days ago | 0

@spacebound7247

There was supposed to have been something in the water. I read about that and came across it a few time's. Magic mushrooms in the mix! Rave on!

4 days ago | 1

@caveman4598

That’s some trip man

4 days ago | 0

@mikelarry88888

I had to consider whether it was a trick question

4 days ago | 0

@indowneastmaine

Ben Franklin’s Dance Party Live β€˜18!

4 days ago | 0

@gustavedelior

Alleged first documented case of conversion syndrome

4 days ago | 0

@cassandrariley6631

It's called a rave πŸŽ‰ πŸ’ƒ πŸ•Ί

4 days ago | 0

@lindaloe

The Dancing Mania?

4 days ago | 1

@deuce-infinitum2001

It was from rye bread poisoning.

5 days ago | 0

@MichaelC-to7uz

Yay I got it right.

4 days ago | 0

@bensiermans1496

Amfetamine????

4 days ago | 0