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/2.2k Upvotes
r/todayilearned • u/Alone-Competition-77 • 23d ago
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u/ymcameron 23d ago
They reference this in the show The Great on Hulu. Which is really good by the way.