[DeepCover]

I heard about this laughter epidemic in 1962 on the radio and thought I'd share it with everyone. Pretty strange and interesting...

Basic Story:

"Consider the bizarre events of the 1962 outbreak of contagious laughter in Tanganyika. What began as an isolated fit of laughter (and sometimes crying) in a group of 12- to 18-year-old schoolgirls rapidly rose to epidemic proportions. Contagious laughter propagated from one individual to the next, eventually infecting adjacent communities. The epidemic was so severe that it required the closing of schools. It lasted for six months."

Sources:
1) http://cogweb.ucla.edu/Abstracts/Provine_96.html
2) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tangany...ghter_Epidemic

VIDEO

In looking this up I came across this video (not related to the 1962 epidemic). It's practically impossible to watch this without laughing, so I thought I would share it. For those who aren't patient, drag the player to about 1:30.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4Y4keqTV6w

[El Gato]

That was bizarre . I did laugh while watching the non related video .

[Chris H]

That video was hilarious, I laughed for about 5mins straight and had to turn it off.

[Tristan Riley]

That video was nuts. That's the hardest I've laughed in weeks. And I laugh a lot.

[Jimmy Key v.1.4]

that was pretty funny.

[Dysentery]

omg that was funny

[Spawned_Fighter]

lol
omg that was hilarious

the guy on the right helped make me laugh too

[MyCatIsFat]

I tried not laughing and I failed miserably.

[magicman531]

I laughed for a bit I admit. But it kind of became monotonous fairly fast. I was thinking, why am I laughing? When I thought about it I stopped.

[SonofSocrates]

At the beginning I thought it was gonna be dumb. Then, I laughed.