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A report on possibly the strangest epidemic in recorded history.

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[–] DeathWearsANecktie@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

Not sure what's weirder, this or the story of Tarrare.

[–] grammaticerror@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

History on Fire did an episode on this! Episode 62.

[–] Bobo@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

Had never heard of this before. It's very interesting.

[–] FinalBoy1975@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Something from Buffy is somewhat real, huh? "Once more, with feeling."