The World's Oddest Riots

Everything Everywhere Daily: History, Science, Geography & More

Gary Arndt

History, Education

4.7 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 26 April 2026

⏱️ 14 minutes

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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. Sponsors Samsara Don’t wait for the next accident to take action. Head to Samsara.com/EVERYTHING ButcherBox Get your choice between chicken breast or top sirloin for a year OR ground beef for life, PLUS $20 off when you go to ButcherBox.com/everything Quince Go to quince.com/daily for 365-day returns, plus free shipping on your order! Mint Mobile Save 50% on Unlimited premium wireless plans starting at $15/month at MintMobile.com/EED Audible Listen to Project Hail Mary Audible.com/hailmary Fast Growing Trees Get 20% off your first purchase when using the code DAILY at checkout at fastgrowingtrees.com/daily Subscribe to the podcast! https://everything-everywhere.com/everything-everywhere-daily-podcast/ -------------------------------- Executive Producer: Charles Daniel Associate Producers: Austin Oetken & Cameron Kieffer Become a supporter on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingeverywhere Discord Server: https://discord.gg/Ds7Rx7jvPJ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/everythingeverywhere/ Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/everythingeverywheredaily Twitter: https://twitter.com/everywheretrip Website: https://everything-everywhere.com/ Disce aliquid novi cotidie Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Most riots are born from serious grievances, politics, poverty, religion, or oppression.
0:06.4	Some change cities, some embarrassed governments, and some remain nearly impossible to explain.
0:12.5	There have been eruptions of violence that began for reasons so strange, so unexpected, and so
0:17.8	absurd that they almost defy belief.
0:20.7	Learn more about the oddest riots in history on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.
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1:34.3	Riots have occurred throughout recorded history. They aren't common, and in some places they're
1:39.0	downright rare, but every so often they do pop up. Oftentimes, riots break out over social or economic grievances.
1:46.3	Sometimes it might be nothing more than a sports team winning a championship.
1:50.3	In previous episodes, I covered the plum-putting riots at West Point,
1:54.0	the St. Scholastika Day riots at Oxford, the great Nottium cheese riot,
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