Willem-Die-Zwijger
Willem-Die-Zwijger t1_j68pvsh wrote
Willem-Die-Zwijger t1_j68pexs wrote
Reply to comment by GetsGold in TIL that Haiti and Lichtenstein showed up to the 1936 Olympics with the exact same flag, which they had both been using for decades without knowledge of the similarity by Rickerpool
That's simply not a thing.
Willem-Die-Zwijger t1_j68pagj wrote
Reply to comment by GetsGold in TIL that Haiti and Lichtenstein showed up to the 1936 Olympics with the exact same flag, which they had both been using for decades without knowledge of the similarity by Rickerpool
What treaty or convention says that two countries automatically unify by using the same flag?
Willem-Die-Zwijger t1_j68nxua wrote
Reply to comment by BaseOk8807 in TIL that Haiti and Lichtenstein showed up to the 1936 Olympics with the exact same flag, which they had both been using for decades without knowledge of the similarity by Rickerpool
And they both unknowingly changed at the same time
Willem-Die-Zwijger t1_j68qjm5 wrote
Reply to comment by GetsGold in TIL that Haiti and Lichtenstein showed up to the 1936 Olympics with the exact same flag, which they had both been using for decades without knowledge of the similarity by Rickerpool
I'm not sure if you're aware, but they changed their flags
And no, people didn't think Liechtenstein and Haiti are the same thing, and even if they did, that wouldn't make them the same thing