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To: Yehuda

According to wiki here is the reason:
‘In modern Romance languages, urinals are still named after him (for example, vespasiano in Italian, and vespasienne in French[34]) probably in reference to a tax he placed on urine collection (useful due to its ammoniac content; see Pay toilet).’


85 posted on 10/23/2010 10:55:11 PM PDT by Lucius Cornelius Sulla ('“Our own government has become our enemy' - Sheriff Paul Babeu)
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