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Todaynis Romania’s National Flag Day, the day the nation celebrates then6-26-1848 adoption of a red-yellow-blue tricolor flag.
Todaynis Romania’s National Flag Day, the day the nation celebrates then6-26-1848 adoption of a red-yellow-blue tricolor flag.n
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Strangely,nin 1960 the African nation of Chad adopted a flag that was almostnidentical to Romania’s flag. The blue of the Chad tricolor flag isnsupposed to be darker, but in some photos and diagrams, I can’t tellnthe difference!
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nInn2004, Chad asked the United Nations to look into the issue of therenbeing two almost-identical flags in the world—but the president ofnRomania said that, no matter what, Romania wouldn’t be changing itsnflag. Well, I don’t blame the Romanians! Chad adopted the same flagnthat the Romanians had been using for 12 years—I think that Chadnought to make a change!
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nThenproblem with tricolor flags is that there are many that are quitensimilar. Take a peek at all the tricolor flags of the world. It’s notnterribly easy to tell at a glance if a flag is Irish, Italian, ornIvory Coast, is it?
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nIntonvexillography?
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nThenword vexillography means the study of flags. Check out this vexillography website, which has plenty of tips about good flagndesign. Oh, if only someone in Chad had known all this before thatnnation’s flag was designed!
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Inventions and Patents Day
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nAnniversary of the invention of the toothbrush
