Ajit Pai @AjitPai
“From at least the 10th century onward, the English all across the island paid some taxes in eel (live and dead).” Indeed, eel payments “remained a wide-spread and viable part of the English economy into the fifteenth century.” https://t.co/n2DZ1Uq3nN 🧵👇🏽 https://t.co/AEpImsZ6EN — PolitiTweet.org
Surprised Eel Historian, PhD @greenleejw
In about 1200, people in England paid 540,000+ eels in rent every year. That's a lot, right? Yes. But. Those were… https://t.co/7maVNEZI6g
