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Group of zebras is called a zeal or a dazzle.
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In Romania there is enough hard physical lavor to go around, they can not understand why anyone would pay to exercise or buy equipment for the purpose of exercising.
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Approx. 100 people died trying to cross the Berlin Wall.
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The 911 emergency number was first installed in 1968 in some US cities.
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The Union Jack is actually three flags superimposed on each other. The fat red cross is the flag of St George, patron saint of England. The white diagonal cross is the flag of St Andrew, patron saint of Scotland. The skinny white diagonal cross must represent Wales but I don't know the patron saint.
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Apparently replies have to contain at least four characters. So I can't just post, "80%".
As I learned it in the Boy Scouts (age 11) the history is:
In 1606, the flag of England (St Georges's cross - red upright cross on white background) was combined with the flag of Scotland (St Andrew's cross - white diagonal cross on blue background), to form the first Union Flag, marking the union of England and Scotland.
In 1801, the Irish flag (St Patrick's cross - red diagonal cross on white background) was added, to mark the further union with Ireland.
This latter flag was called the Union Jack.
By the way, the red diagonal cross is not symmetrical. The broad part of the white cross should be at the top, on the pole-side of the flag. broad white at the bottom on the loose side.
Flying the Union Jack upside down (as in your picture) is a distress signal, or can be a mark of deliberate disrespect.
I learned that in the Boy Scouts, too. I knew it would come in useful.
Flying the Union Jack upside down (as in your picture) is a distress signal, or can be a mark of deliberate disrespect.
I learned that in the Boy Scouts, too. I knew it would come in useful.
Wow, according to this:
http://www.paulnoll.com/China/Tourism/history-Great-Wall-3-defense.html
Over a million people died building the Great Wall of China, many falling into the ditches and being buried there. That would have been a good trivia question to ask.
http://www.paulnoll.com/China/Tourism/history-Great-Wall-3-defense.html
Over a million people died building the Great Wall of China, many falling into the ditches and being buried there. That would have been a good trivia question to ask.
