# Any update on Tanganyika? (related to tickling column)

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**Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\
**Created:** [January 10, 2007, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-update-on-tanganyika-related-to-tickling-column/387410 "2007-01-10T15:13:26Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 10, 2007, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-update-on-tanganyika-related-to-tickling-column/387410/1 "2007-01-10T15:13:26Z")

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A question about tickling was brought up again recently [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=403432) .

The link to the [column](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a1_207.html) related it here.

The [thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=158886) related to the column is here.

Are we all updated now? Good.

My question is if there has been any more details about this supposed Tanganyika incident. The whole mess seems a little confusing and odd. That so many kids/young adults in such a large area where involved in laughing spells for so long and so serious it caused school closure. Can anyone illuminate the details or give some of the citations that Cecil used?