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Brazil's Flag Is a Star Chart of One Morning in 1889
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Most flags with stars use them as tally marks. Fifty stars for fifty states. Twelve stars in a circle for a union that has more than twelve members. B...
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The Flag That Spent 47 Years Under a Chimney: How a Student Club's Banner Became Estonia's
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On December 26, 1991, a camera crew from Estonian Television stood on a farm in Jõgeva County and filmed people digging at the base of a chimney. Four...
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Don't Tread on Me: How a 1775 Rattlesnake Flag Ended Up in a 2016 Discrimination Case
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In December 1775, Christopher Gadsden handed a yellow flag to a naval commander whose fleet hadn't even sailed yet. The flag showed a coiled rattlesna...
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