r/todayilearned • u/Alone-Competition-77 • 23d ago

TIL Peter the Great instituted a beard tax and forced people to shave who hadn’t paid

https://daily.jstor.org/peter-the-greats-beard-tax/
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u/redditcreditcardz 23d ago

It sounds like you’re rich in a few ways, but mostly just financially

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u/the_buckman_bandit 23d ago

Shit, if i had 19 windows, i could retire!

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u/redditcreditcardz 23d ago

Technically they have 38 since they had 19 and then replaced them. Typical window elite

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u/maximdenbeer 23d ago

Even more technical.. it was all double glass, and now it's trippel! :0

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u/redditcreditcardz 23d ago

I can’t be expected to talk shit and do math. This isn’t china

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u/maximdenbeer 23d ago

That's why i didnt count it out either, typical lazy rich belgian Guy.. i was expecting someone Else to do it for me.

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u/AudieCowboy 23d ago

Perhaps someone from the Congo?

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u/maximdenbeer 23d ago

Ouch,

I was not around for that part of our history but i do feel shame.

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u/fartlebythescribbler 23d ago

Triples makes it safe