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Sunlight, Rain, and Facial Hair: What Weird Taxes Have Governments Used to Collect Money or Influence Our Behavior?

Sunlight, Rain, and Facial Hair: What Weird Taxes Have Governments Used to Collect Money or Influence Our Behavior?

by Kate Dolan | Aug 1, 2026 | Kate Dolan, Latest Posts, Living History, Romans, Servants, Uncategorized

Have you ever seen a colonial American house with fake windows? Or a building with very few windows? You may be told that people did that to avoid the British window tax. That’s not accurate, but when you learn about the creative ways that governments have tried to...

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