Roman urine tax #shorts

[TheRavenLord]

Can confirm, I remember those days. They were rather interesting times.

[estrogenyumyum]

Of all the combinations of words that could be said in an educational youtube short, I would never have expected “piss tax”

[terryosife]

This is also where the phrase "Piss Poor" comes for people who basically distilled piss for ammonia

[MyViolador]

I wonder who was the first person to think "ill use my piss to clean my clothes after 24 hours"

[Grim_Sister]

The moment you explained how urine turns to ammonia, I understood why they used it for laundry.
Urine was also used to brighten people’s hair in the Theodoric period.

[calamityhex]

The piss tax
The piss tax
You gotta pay the piss tax 🎶

[BebbaDubbs]

Y'all, we all did this until indoor plumbing meant we had to BUY chemicals instead.

[morbiuslover]

In an alternate universe:
“What the fuck are you doing in my house”
“We’ve come to collect the piss tax, now pee in this vase”

[intthechas]

Tanners also used it to cure leathers.

[ADEpoch]

Leaving the cinema last night after three hours of Oppenheimer a bunch of people ran to the toilets. The urinals had a line up, and it just looked like a production line. I had a moment where I suddenly thought, “What an under utilised resource!” Before thinking, “Yuck!” 😂

[johnwyman]

Okay, you've peaked our curiosity. What other things did they use urine for?

[dominicadrean]

You know I heard government officials in Italy have offered to have the fight of Elon Musk and the Mark Zuckerberg in the Roman Colosseum in Italy it😅 to me it's amazing😊😂

[weldonwin]

Brings whole new meaning to the phrase, "Are you taking the piss, mate?"

[dominicadrean]

So I'm assuming the smell of the clothes would go away after a while show it wouldn't stink in the clothing stain go away as well

[scientistx]

Well they were resorceful atleast there is that

[christopherb]

Behold: how to make the most immature of students CARE about history!

[pieceofschmidtgamer]

And when people complained about the Emperor using what was effectively piss money?

"Money doesn't stink."

What a baller!

[charlescilek]

Anybody else getting “Urinetown” vibes from this?

[willfakaroni]

Day 9 of asking stayuki to make a short on menopause

[johnpaullaizure]

Why don't you do a video on the glorious wakandans and how they use cow dung to coat the floors of their huts, or how they use elephant dung in faux "snowball fights" or how they bottle and ferment their own dung then inhale it to inebriate themselves?