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The Woo Effect
According to warm up comedian Brian McAnn, if you mention the name Fabio to an audience of two-hundred people, several people in the crowd will respond my shouting, woo! But, if you mention Fabio in a one on one conversation, the person you're talking to never goes, Woo!
We try to find out why people behave the way they do in crowds.
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