r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Existing_Arm10 • 15h ago

Meme needing explanation Petah?

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Huh?

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u/Long-Region5088 15h ago

TIL Toronto had castles.

I should have known because of the British influence over the years but Toronto castles doesn’t sound right

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u/DuckCleaning 13h ago

Casa Loma is just a castle-style mansion built by a (once) rich guy in 1911, who also barely lived in it long because of the land taxes.

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u/tedsmitts 13h ago

I don't think it was ever actually finished? It was kind of falling apart in places last time I visited.

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u/DuckCleaning 13h ago

One of the floors was mostly unfinished, since construction had to stop during world war 1. Then because of the depression post war, land taxes almost doubled and the owner had financial issues, so he had to sell off lot of valuables and furniture, then moved out a few years later.