Cool Weird Awesome With Brady Carlson

Each Year, London Pays Rent To The Crown For Land That’s… Somewhere

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If you watched any of the funeral for Queen Elizabeth II, you know the UK has lots of traditions. Here's another one: once a year, sometime between about now and mid November, the city of London pays rent to the Crown for several pieces of land in what’s called the Ceremony of Quit Rents. Plus: around this time in 2013, a big typo on some coins struck for the Vatican.  The Ceremony of Quit Rents (Historic-UK.com) Vatican pulls papal medal which misspelt name of Jesus (BBC) We remember to thank our Patreon backers for all their support!  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/coolweirdawesome/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/coolweirdawesome/support