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The simple version of Tanganyika laughter epidemic.

The Tanganyika laughter epidemic of 1962 was an outbreak of mass hysteria in or near the village of Kashasha on the western coast of Lake Victoria in Tanganyika, near the border with Uganda.

Jul 6, 2026
The simple version of Tanganyika laughter epidemic.
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The Tanganyika laughter epidemic of 1962 was an outbreak of mass hysteria in or near the village of Kashasha on the western coast of Lake Victoria in Tanganyika, near the border with Uganda.

The Tanganyika laughter epidemic of 1962 was an outbreak of mass hysteria in or near the village of Kashasha on the western coast of Lake Victoria in Tanganyika, near the border with Uganda.

Sources

  1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanganyika_laughter_epidemic
  2. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1582992
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