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But it would be really funny to think of them dancing and biting. Get their groove on. And every once in a while the beat drops and they bite someone. The beat drops. Yeah. Yeah, so then word spread about this affliction because people were like, whoa, have you heard of this? These nuns go crazy. And the affliction started spreading.

But it would be really funny to think of them dancing and biting. Get their groove on. And every once in a while the beat drops and they bite someone. The beat drops. Yeah. Yeah, so then word spread about this affliction because people were like, whoa, have you heard of this? These nuns go crazy. And the affliction started spreading.

Yeah, now the biting one's going. We got a lot going on. Apparently nunneries in Saxenburg and Brendenburg, you know, Holland, now even Rome. Whoa. All biting each other. And biting the priests. And meowing. And meowing. There was meowing as well. Awesome. And it only stopped, and this is literally documented, it says it only stopped because they got exhausted. Exhausted of biting each other?

Yeah, now the biting one's going. We got a lot going on. Apparently nunneries in Saxenburg and Brendenburg, you know, Holland, now even Rome. Whoa. All biting each other. And biting the priests. And meowing. And meowing. There was meowing as well. Awesome. And it only stopped, and this is literally documented, it says it only stopped because they got exhausted. Exhausted of biting each other?

I just got tired.

I just got tired.

I wonder how long. I know. How long can you bite someone? I don't know. Write in. More for podcasts at gmail.com. Yeah, let us know. Do an experiment.

I wonder how long. I know. How long can you bite someone? I don't know. Write in. More for podcasts at gmail.com. Yeah, let us know. Do an experiment.

We're responsible. Now, by far the most notorious of the dancing plagues occurred in Strasbourg, France in July 1518. This is the one that a lot of people know about. Okay. The event began pretty innocuously. It was just a single older woman dancing. just going into the streets, into the city center. Her name was Frau Trofea, I think is what I say it. That's how I say it.

We're responsible. Now, by far the most notorious of the dancing plagues occurred in Strasbourg, France in July 1518. This is the one that a lot of people know about. Okay. The event began pretty innocuously. It was just a single older woman dancing. just going into the streets, into the city center. Her name was Frau Trofea, I think is what I say it. That's how I say it.

She just walked out and she was like, let's do this. And she just started dancing. She said, let's dance. Let's go. Yeah, she used to David Bowie before David Bowie. Hell yeah. That's where David Bowie came from. He came from a dancing play. A nunnery of dancing. Yeah, a dancing play in a nunnery. Canon. That is where David Bowie came from. He came from a dancing play. It was Frau.

She just walked out and she was like, let's do this. And she just started dancing. She said, let's dance. Let's go. Yeah, she used to David Bowie before David Bowie. Hell yeah. That's where David Bowie came from. He came from a dancing play. A nunnery of dancing. Yeah, a dancing play in a nunnery. Canon. That is where David Bowie came from. He came from a dancing play. It was Frau.

So by mid-August, and she wouldn't stop, of course, because that's how these work. She had a plague. By mid-August, hundreds of people had joined her in the town square. Again, a flash mob. All of them uncontrollable. And like the previous ones, the dancers in Strasburg never stopped to eat, never stopped to drink, sleep, nothing.

So by mid-August, and she wouldn't stop, of course, because that's how these work. She had a plague. By mid-August, hundreds of people had joined her in the town square. Again, a flash mob. All of them uncontrollable. And like the previous ones, the dancers in Strasburg never stopped to eat, never stopped to drink, sleep, nothing.

Not long after the mania began, quote, as many as 15 people a day dropped dead. Oh, my God.

Not long after the mania began, quote, as many as 15 people a day dropped dead. Oh, my God.

It's like real plague or dancing plague.

It's like real plague or dancing plague.

And they just kept going. So people would be dropping dead and they were still dancing. It's not like they stopped and were like, pause, like, let's get this one out. Nope. They just danced. People dropping. Wow. Yeah. Yeah.

And they just kept going. So people would be dropping dead and they were still dancing. It's not like they stopped and were like, pause, like, let's get this one out. Nope. They just danced. People dropping. Wow. Yeah. Yeah.