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The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing: Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party Part 1, Chapter 7

By M.T. Anderson

Part 1, Chapter 7

This chapter is all about crap. No—really.
Octavian tells us that when he was young, he learned how to operate and read scales.
How?
By weighing his own poop.
Everything he ate and then pooped out, the scholars would weigh and take notes on.
In fact, Octavian's poop was so important it was even weighed on a golden scale—because gold is an inert metal that can't react chemically with whatever is put on it, including poop.
When Octavian noticed that no one else got his poop weighed, he felt incredibly special.
Wouldn't you?

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