'Money does not stink'
Emperor Vespasian taxes urine
Urine from Rome's public latrines was sold to tanners and fullers, and Vespasian taxed it. When his son Titus objected, the emperor held up a coin and asked whether it smelled. Public urinals in Italy and France are still called vespasiano and vespasienne.
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