The Know Daily - Tuesday 9 July 2024

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🌀 Storm season | 🍿 Grab the popcorn | 🇫🇷 France elections

For the first time in two decades, Japan released new yen banknotes, which display figures representing “women’s empowerment and technological innovation”. Educator Umeko Tsuda (1864-1929), who founded one of the first women’s universities in Japan, is celebrated on one of the bills, which all employ “world-first” 3D holograms to stop counterfeits.

🌀 Storm season

Hurricane Beryl became the earliest Category 5 hurricane on record, as warming seas make such events more likely.