Most riots are born from serious grievances: politics, poverty, religion, or oppression.

Yet history is also filled with eruptions of violence that began for reasons so strange, so unexpected, and so absurd that they almost defy belief.

Some changed cities, some embarrassed governments, and some remain nearly impossible to explain.

What could drive ordinary people into chaos over something seemingly trivial?

Learn more about the oddest riots in history on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.

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