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Pretty funny typo in the header. Dubbed the 'beard kopek, the coin was part of Peter the Great's 1987 'beard tax'. Was there also a record player and suspende

Pretty funny typo in the header. Dubbed the 'beard kopek, the coin was part of Peter the Great's 1987 'beard tax'. Was there also a record player and suspender tax?

jake-low 8y ago
What typo? “Beard tax” is indeed correct; it was a tax on those who wore facial hair, as part of Peter the Great’s plan to ‘westernize’ Russia. Edit: I see now; it’s the year (1987). D’oh!
- mirimir 8y ago
  I wonder how they got from ~1697 to 1987.
  - madaxe_again 8y ago
    Because it’s the Daily Mail, and I wouldn’t believe anything you see in it. They run articles on whether wife-swapping yetis are parking their UFOs properly, and if not, why not. They make the National Enquirer look deadly serious. Here are some better resources on the topic. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beard_tax https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beard_tax https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/why-tsar-peter-great-established-beard-tax-180964693/ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/why-tsar-peter-gre... https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/a-beard-tax-is-being-proposed-in-england-and-its-not-the-first https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/a-beard-tax-is-being-p...
    - mirimir 8y ago
      Yeah, got that. Those links on the right always blow my mind ;) I was wondering about a date definition or formatting screwup. But with a little playing around, nothing made sense.
    - gdfasfklshg4 8y ago
      > Because it’s the Daily Mail, and I wouldn’t believe anything you see in it. They run articles on whether wife-swapping yetis are parking their UFOs properly, and if not, why not. They make the National Enquirer look deadly serious. I am not a fan of the Daily Mail. Having said that, can you provide a reference for your claim that they run articles "on whether wife-swapping yetis are parking their UFOs properly, and if not, why not."?
      - empath75 8y ago
        https://www.google.com/amp/www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6035613/amp/Discovery-Channel-treasure-hunter-claims-hes-evidence-extra-terrestrial-visit.html https://www.google.com/amp/www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-... Not exactly but...
  - Rotten194 8y ago
    9 is next to 6 on a numpad :)
    - mirimir 8y ago
      Yeah, but beard kopeks didn't exist in 1687. Not until 1697.

Pretty funny typo in the header. Dubbed the 'beard kopek, the coin was part of Peter the Great's 1987 'beard tax'. Was there also a record player and suspender tax?

jake-low 8y ago

What typo? “Beard tax” is indeed correct; it was a tax on those who wore facial hair, as part of Peter the Great’s plan to ‘westernize’ Russia. Edit: I see now; it’s the year (1987). D’oh!

mirimir 8y ago
I wonder how they got from ~1697 to 1987.
- madaxe_again 8y ago
  Because it’s the Daily Mail, and I wouldn’t believe anything you see in it. They run articles on whether wife-swapping yetis are parking their UFOs properly, and if not, why not. They make the National Enquirer look deadly serious. Here are some better resources on the topic. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beard_tax https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beard_tax https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/why-tsar-peter-great-established-beard-tax-180964693/ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/why-tsar-peter-gre... https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/a-beard-tax-is-being-proposed-in-england-and-its-not-the-first https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/a-beard-tax-is-being-p...
  - mirimir 8y ago
    Yeah, got that. Those links on the right always blow my mind ;) I was wondering about a date definition or formatting screwup. But with a little playing around, nothing made sense.
  - gdfasfklshg4 8y ago
    > Because it’s the Daily Mail, and I wouldn’t believe anything you see in it. They run articles on whether wife-swapping yetis are parking their UFOs properly, and if not, why not. They make the National Enquirer look deadly serious. I am not a fan of the Daily Mail. Having said that, can you provide a reference for your claim that they run articles "on whether wife-swapping yetis are parking their UFOs properly, and if not, why not."?
    - empath75 8y ago
      https://www.google.com/amp/www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6035613/amp/Discovery-Channel-treasure-hunter-claims-hes-evidence-extra-terrestrial-visit.html https://www.google.com/amp/www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-... Not exactly but...
- Rotten194 8y ago
  9 is next to 6 on a numpad :)
  - mirimir 8y ago
    Yeah, but beard kopeks didn't exist in 1687. Not until 1697.