In 1518, a "dancing plague" struck Strasbourg, Alsace, whereby hundreds of people danced fervently in the streets over the period of a month. Some suffered heart attacks or strokes, and many others died from sheer exhaustion. It remains unexplained.
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After Germany surrendered in WW2, people in Moscow partied until the entire city actually ran out of vodka.
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Jericho is the oldest walled city in the world at 9,000 yrs old!
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A B-25 bomber airplane crashed into the 79th floor of the Empire State Building on July 28, 1945.
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The first bomb dropped by the Allies on berlin in WW2 killed the only elephant in the Berlin Zoo.
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In Ancient Greece, if a woman watched even one Olympic event, she was executed.
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The range of a medieval long-bow is 220 yards.
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