› added 2 years ago

67

TIL about the Gulf rupee, which was issued by the Government of India and was equivalent to the Indian rupee. Between 1956 and 1966, it was the official currency used in areas that today form the countries of Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, Oman, and the UAE.

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

9YogB TIL The longest confirmed tank kill in history was recorded in 1991 when a British Challenger-1 tank with the callsign 11B fired at an Iraqi main battle tank from a distance of more than 5,100 meters – just above three miles – with a Depleted Uranium round.
p0JN TIL David Prowse, the actor who portrayed Darth Vader (in form, not voice), is banned from attending official Star Wars conventions because George Lucas finds him annoying.
ADenl TIL of the Saint Gallen Group, a group of liberal-minded bishops and cardinals that held yearly secret meetings from 1996 to 2004 to discuss church policy, and were rumored to try to block Benedict XVI from being elected as pope.
GA5e7 TIL After Joan of Arc was executed on charges of heresy, her mother spent 25 years clearing her name. She convinced the pope to reopen Joan's case and attended the retrial despite being in her 70s and in poor health. The retrial ended with Joan's complete acquittal.
b9pr0 TIL that 3 Honolulu firefighters were killed and 6 others injured after being attacked by Japanese planes while fighting fires at Hickam Field during the Pearl Harbor bombing. For their peacetime heroism, all 9 men received Purple Hearts, making them the only firefighters to awarded as such to date.