FLFTS #2: Some more cases of mass hysteria
Dancing manias:
Like the first one in Aachen, Germany in 1374 or the one in Strasbourg in 1518.
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The Tanganyika laughter epidemic of 1962
Was an outbreak of mass psychogenic illness (MPI) rumored to have occurred in the vicinity of the village ofKashasha on the western coast of Lake Victoria in the modern nation of Tanzania near the border of Kenya. At the start of the incident, a joke was told in a boarding school, and that this joke triggered a small group of students to start laughing. The laughter perpetuated itself, far transcending its original cause.
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South Korean Fan Death:
Fan death is a South Korean urban legend which states that an electric fan, if left running overnight in a closed room, can cause the death (by suffocation, poisoning, or hypothermia) of those inside. Fans manufactured and sold in Korea are equipped with a timer switch that turns them off after a set number of minutes, which users are frequently urged to set when going to sleep with a fan on.
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Genital Retraction Syndrome (GRS):
Generally considered a culture-specific syndrome, is a condition in which an individual is overcome with the belief that his/her external genitals—or also, in females, breasts—are retracting into the body, shrinking, or in some male cases, may be imminently removed or disappear.
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