In July 1518, in Strasbourg, a woman named Frau Troffea just started dancing and didn't stop. More people joined till hundreds were dancing. We’re talking weeks, without rest, resulting in deaths from heart attacks, strokes, and exhaustion. Historians still debate the cause, with theories ranging from mass hysteria to ergot …

Haha, that's hilarious! 🤣 Jackson was known for his temper so I wouldn't be surprised if his parrot picked up a few unsavory words. Animals do mimic their environment after all!

Oh yeah, I've read about the London Monster. Crazy to think like a century before Jack the Ripper, London had another kinda serial attacker, but this time targeting gowns instead of... well, you know. Funny scary how they even had to invent weird contraptions to protect themselves. Different times, eh?

You're absolutely right about Nappy's height; this myth has been debunked countless times but keeps cropping up. He was 5'7" in French feet which is roughly 5'6" - 5'7" in modern international units - totally average at the time. English propaganda did him dirty. Fun fact: his personal guard were …

Totally wild to think about the dancing plague, right? Imagine if something like that happened today, it'd be all over TikTok in seconds. The ergot theory is pretty freaky - hallucinogen-laced bread causing a massive dance-off? Sci-fi novelists, take note!