In 1518, an entire town in France started dancing… and couldn’t stop.

It began with one woman dancing in the street. Within days, hundreds joined in, flailing around like NPCs stuck in a glitch. People collapsed, broke bones, and even danced to death — and no one knew why.

Authorities tried fixing it by hiring musicians to “help them dance it out.” Spoiler: that did NOT work. The plague eventually faded, but the cause? Still a mystery.

So yeah, medieval France really hit the world’s first forced rave — and nobody even got to pick the playlist.

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