Fascinating facts about flags

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Some flags have a chevron​

A chevron is a triangle entering from the left of a flag. It's featured on the flags of the Czech Republic (pictured) and the Philippines.

 

[KuanTi01]

Thanks to jw5, my knowledge of flags has gone up by several notches. I also now know that a chevron is triangular. lol

 

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The French flag was once totally white​

During the Bourbon Restoration, the white flag replaced the tricolor flag from 1815 to 1830. The definitive use of the blue, white, and red returned after that.

Looks like a surrender flag!

 

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how about your favorite?
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Yes. My vomit comes out in those colours.

 

[jw5]

Thanks to jw5, my knowledge of flags has gone up by several notches. I also now know that a chevron is triangular. lol

You are most welcome.

 

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Purple is the rarest color found on a flag​

Purple has been used to represent royalty and wealth. It has also historically been expensive and difficult to get a hold of, which is why it's uncommon. The only two countries that use the color are Nicaragua and Dominica (pictured).

 

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Flags with stripes​

The main body of a flag is called the field, it has one color. But then there are some flags that don't have a field color at all. They might be divided into horizontal or vertical stripes. If they're horizontal, like the German flag (pictured), then they're called fesses. If vertical, like the Italian flag, then they're known as pales.

 

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Representing Ireland​

In 1906 at the Olympic Games in Athens, Irish silver medalist Peter O'Connor climbed a 20-foot (6-m) flag pole and waved the Irish flag in protest for having been listed as a Great Britain team member due to a ruling.

 

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The Pledge of Allegiance started as a marketing campaign​

The US Pledge of Allegiance started as a marketing campaign by a magazine to sell American flags to public schools in 1892. The idea was to "Americanize" the new wave of immigrants through patriotic programs. By 1942, Congress officially adopted the Pledge of Allegiance as part of the Federal Flag Code.

 

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A religious meaning​

Adopted on July 29, 1980 after the Islamic Revolution of Iran, the tricolor flag has Allahu Akbar ("God is Great") repeated on it 22 times.

 

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The biggest flag in the world​

In 2013, a Romanian village claimed a Guinness World Record for creating the largest flag ever. The Romanian national flag measured 1,145 x 744.5 feet (349 x 227 m). Basically about three times the size of a football field!

 

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Flag on the Moon​

The American flag planted on the Moon during Apollo 11 mission cost US$5.50. It was knocked over by exhaust from the Lunar Module’s ascent, and is likely to have disintegrated by heat, UV rays, and radiation.

 

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Naval Jack of Republic of China was sewn in the Sun Yat Sen Villa in Singapore by Teo Eng Hock and his wife.

 

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The flag of Belize has the most colors of any flag in the world​

The flag of Belize has 12 colors in total, making it the flag with the most colors in the world. It was adopted in 1981.

 

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Similar but still different​

The flags of Australia and New Zealand are so similar that the Prime Minister of Australia was greeted with the flag of New Zealand on a state visit to Canada in 1984.

 

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The Union Jack​

Adopted in 1801, the Union Jack, or the Union Flag, originates from the union of the crowns, not the union of the countries.

 

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Different divisions​

Flag designs can be divided in different ways. Diagonal divisions are known as bends, for example in the flags of Trinidad and Tobago or the Democratic Republic of the Congo (pictured).