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Nicole Emmons nicolee@bolivarmonews.com
Posted 1/8/25

In July of 1518 a woman named Traffea walked out into a street in Strasbourg and began twirling and gyrating. She continued in this fashion for a week straight, passing out from exhaustion just to get up and start dancing again when she came to. Though people were perplexed at first, others eventually joined her. Within a month, around 400 townspeople had succumbed to the irresistible urge to dance. They moved continuously, even as their feet bled and their bodies overheated.

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