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The Tanganyika Laughter Epidemic was an extraordinary social-psychological event that began on January 30, 1962, at a girls’ school in the village of Kashasha, within the boundaries of present-day Tanzania, and rapidly spread to surrounding villages and schools. The outbreak was characterized by uncontrollable laughter, crying, restlessness, and at times violent behavior. Initially associated with humor or a contagious illness, subsequent medical and psychological investigations concluded that t