In the summer of 1518, the dancing plague in the Holy Roman city of Strasbourg saw some 400 people dance uncontrollably for weeks on end — leaving as many as 100 of them dead.On July 14, 1518, a woman named Frau Troffea from the city of Strasbourg in modern-day France left her house and began to dance. She kept going and going for hours until she finally collapsed, sweating and twitching on the ground.

White ball gowns, updos, fancy dinners, and father-daughter dances – all these things typically bring to mind a wedding, but that’s not the only place you might encounter them. They are also common fixtures at Purity Balls, a formal gala young women attend with their fathers that is intended to promote “purity” and sexual abstinence. Founded by the evangelical Randy Wilson and his wife Lisa in Colorado Springs, the idea has spread across 48 states and 17 countries since its founding in 1998.

The jeans, which may have been made by Levi Strauss, were auctioned off as part of a collection featuring items from the sunken “Ship of Gold,” the S.S. Central America.TwitterThe pants have similarities to early designs made by Levi Strauss, but any connection is only speculative. How much would you pay for a pair of jeans? The answer may vary depending on your budget and sensibilities, but it’s likely that $114,000 far exceeds whatever number comes to mind.

The carcasses of the two giraffes belonged to a mother and her calf. The remaining white giraffe has not been seen for some time.Hirola Conservation Program/CatersOfficials from Kenya’s Ishaqbini Hirola Community Conservancy confirmed the death of two rare white giraffes living in the park. Illegal poachers in Kenya killed two of the world’s last white giraffes: a mother and her calf. According to CNN, conservators at the Ishaqbini Hirola Community Conservancy (IHCC) in northeastern Kenya grew concerned when they noticed that they had not spotted the small unit of rare white giraffes that were living in the sanctuary for some time.

Had the family of Khalil Wheeler-Weaver's third victim not lured him into a sting operation via social media, the Tagged Killer's murder streak may have continued.Public DomainKhalil Wheeler-Weaver went on a three-month killing spree that only ended when his final victim’s family used the Tagged app to trap him. Fifty-three minutes before he killed her, 20-year-old Sarah Butler texted Khalil Wheeler-Weaver: “You’re not a serial killer, right?” Tragically, he was. Between August and November 2016, Wheeler-Weaver murdered three women, including Butler, and tried to kill a fourth.