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[โ€“] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 7 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Pay toilets, and their inhuman morals, were the subject of at least a few Sea Chantys that date back to the 18th or 19th Century.

[โ€“] superkret@feddit.org 2 points 2 days ago

In ancient Rome, businesses fought over the right to put up free public toilets.
Then they sold the piss.
And the government taxed the piss.