Learn One Thing A Day

Following the post about the similar flags , I decided to write a new post about those flags being, somehow, special!  Special doesn't mean necessarly ugly, even if in some cases...  ok, just have a look and decide for yourself! Let's start with countries,  even though it is not that easy to define a Country ... Anyway... Bahrain & Qatar Other countries have the white and red in their flags (e.g. Monaco , Poland ), but Bahrain and Qatar have well distinct serrated lines on them. In the case of Bahrain, the line is made of five triangles representing the ISLAM's pillars .   Near Bahrain there is Qatar and it also has a serrated line, but composed by nine triangles instead of five. The nine-point serrated line indicates that Qatar is the 9th member of the "reconciled Emirates" of the Persian Gulf in the wake of concluding the Qatari-British treaty in 1916. White is the color of peace and the maroon colour symbolises the blood shed durin...

I haven't made a new post but it's like I did! I significantly updated the post about the flags of Haiti and Lichtenstein by adding other interesting examples of similar flags around the world! Have a look,  it's totally worth it!  Here is the link !  

Today I watched a new episode (5x14 - The Beta Test Initiation ) of my beloved TV-series The Big Bang Theory and I learnt the following curious fact. Only in the1936 Olympics (!!!) people realized that Haiti and Lichtenstein shared just the same flag! After that, since 1937 a crown has been added to the Lichtenstein flag. Interesting, since 1807, the Haitian flag has always had - in the center - the National Coat of Arms (COA). It is formed (see below) by a palmette, two cannons, six Haitian flags, a drum,  the motto "L'UNION FAIT LA FORCE" (French for In union there is strength ) and other elements. With this COA the two flags would have been different also in 1936, but unfortunately, it wasn't part of the Haiti civil flag but only the military one, therefore the inconvenient during the Olympics! National Coat of Arms of Haiti The flag of Haiti The flag of Lichtenstein  Interestingly, the case of the flags of Haiti and Lichtenstein is not u...