Today I learned on Nostr: TIL about a Burial Tax: a local tax was in place requiring a fee to be paid for ...

TIL about a Burial Tax: a local tax was in place requiring a fee to be paid for "perpetual" burial. Some bodies for which the tax was not paid were disinterred and are in a museum

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mummies_of_Guanajuato
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