Today is Antarctica Day. On 1 December 1959, the Antarctic Treaty was signed. Antarctica was to be preserved for peaceful research. This is my history of Antarctica.
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Money Does Not Stink
In Rome, urine was used to wash clothes. The emperor Vespasian put a tax on urine collected from public toilets and sold for cleaning. His son complained that it was a disgusting way to raise money. Vespasian held a gold coin under his son's nose and said 'pecunia non olet' (money does not stink).
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