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The Dancing Plague of 1518: When a Town Danced Itself to Death
In the summer of 1518, a woman began dancing in the streets of Strasbourg and couldn't stop. Within weeks, hundreds had joined her, dancing for days without rest — and some danced until they died. It really happened.
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The Great Emu War: The Time Australia Lost to Birds
In 1932, Australia deployed soldiers with machine guns against an army of flightless birds destroying its farmland. It did not go the way anyone expected. The birds won.
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