ran across this and found it facinating. "t was centuries ago, right around this time, when the city of Aachen, Germany, was struck by an unusual outbreak that, legend says, spread as far away as Madagascar. According to the scant written accounts there are of the outbreak known as St. Vitus' Dance, back in 1374, groups of people -- sometimes thousands at a time -- started dancing uncontrollably. It continued for days, and in some cases, weeks and months. Some people reportedly danced until they collapsed from exhaustion or even death, while others suffered heart attacks and broken bones. " article here. http://abcnews.go.com/Health/ancien...ieved-case-social-contagion/story?id=13929552 apparently Boogy feaver is real and not just Funk
