00:00Okay, we've all seen some unusual dances over the years.
00:03That one time at a family wedding where your cousin Ernie got on the floor to do the worm.
00:07But have you always wondered, was there ever a time when dancing went completely off the rails?
00:14Well, put your boogie shoes on for the weird dancing plague of 1518.
00:20It started innocently enough, one woman walks onto the street and starts dancing.
00:26No drum beats, not even a disc jockey.
00:28Yeah, turns out that DJ Ye Olde Vibes was already booked.
00:32Then others join in.
00:33But what exactly caused the dancing plague of 1518?
00:37Well, one theory points to ergot poisoning.
00:39That's a fungus that grows on rye and can cause hallucinations.
00:44Scientifically, that would be medieval LSD disguised as bread.
00:49But the most plausible theory is mass psychogenic illness.
00:53The brain basically said,
00:55I can't handle this. Let's do the Macarena.
00:58I can't handle this. Let's do the Macarena.
00:59I
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