Trivia Of The Day June 27

France is the country most reliant on nuclear power generating 71% of the country's total electricity, a larger percent than any other nation. It turned to nuclear in response to the 1973 oil crisis. The situation was summarized in a slogan, "In France, we do not have oil, but we have ideas." 

When George II of Great Britain and his forces defeated the French in Dettingen, Bavaria on June 27, 1743 during the War of the Austrian Succession it was the last time that a British monarch personally led his troops into battle.

 

George II at the Battle of Dettingen by John Wootton

The yen was officially adopted as Japan's national currency by the Meiji government in an Act signed on June 27, 1871. The Yen's name comes from the Japanese word "えん (en)," which literally means "round."

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