Why 2000 People Died Fighting Over a Bucket

Wars have been fought for a lot of dumb reasons, but when political, religious, or ethnic tensions are inflamed, it only takes a spark to light a conflagration. In medieval Italy, all those tensions were sprung into war by a bucket. To be honest, the two regions were already fighting, but the bucket incident blew everything up, drawing thousands of fighters to their deaths in the battle of Zappolino. It was called the War of the Bucket. Be aware that the last minute of this video is an ad, so it's not as long as it seems. -via Digg


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Amusing video - though I could have done without the Squarespace stumping. OK, they sponsored it, and at least waited till the end for their ad, but I still found it a mite annoying.
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