1. The study of flags is called Vexillology. It includes research of flags of all kinds, both modern and historical, creation of a body of practice for flag design and usage.
2. The first country to use the national flag is Denmark. The Danish flag, known as Danneberg, dates back to 13th century AD. However, it was officially recognized as the national flag of Denmark only in 1625.
3. The only country to have a non-rectangular flag is Nepal.
4. Two countries that have exactly the same flag are Indonesia and Monaco.
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5. The only country to have its own map drawn on its flag is Cyprus.
6. It is illegal to burn foreign flags in Denmark, but legal to burn the Danish flag.
7. The words ‘’Allahu Akbar” are repeated 22 times on the edge of both red and green bands of the flag of Iran.
8. Red is the most popular color to be used in flags of different countries. 75% of the countries have the red color in their flags.
9. The flag of Czech Republic was re-adopted in 1920 to add the blue triangle to emphasize the gap with the similar flag of Poland.
10. Until 2011, Libya was the only country to have a plain flag with only green color.
One bonus fact for you:
India earned the Guinness World record for the largest human flag, formed by over 43,830 participants. With this, India also beat the old record of Pakistan on 7th December, 2014.
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