Watch PBS Idea Channel Collab: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQxEGLOFyto
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Mass Hysteria
http://goo.gl/HCO5mr
http://goo.gl/QIPz9Z
http://goo.gl/nERz7Z
Outbreak!: The Encyclopedia of Extraordinary Social Behavior
https://goo.gl/2DpRAL
Salem Witch Trials
http://goo.gl/52pVNv
http://goo.gl/PfHgTG
http://goo.gl/aDgXac
Dancing Plague of 1518
http://goo.gl/SCwQgE
http://goo.gl/hGtME1
http://goo.gl/ms16PW
Tanganyika Laughter Epidemic
http://goo.gl/4rsm64
https://goo.gl/9cT43c
Strawberries With Sugar Virus
https://goo.gl/fVl0p5
http://goo.gl/tpvJg1
Genius Blamed For School Sickness
http://goo.gl/uyG4gH
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