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TIL in 1518, a ‘Dancing Plague’ struck Strasbourg, where hundreds of people danced uncontrollably for days, with some dancing themselves to death.

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voGx TIL that every atom comprising your body would span 73 light years if consecutively stacked together
KYKGG TIL the first deaf person in recorded history was a painter
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