February 05, 2026
The first flag of Turks and Caicos, a British territory in the Caribbean region, originally featured igloos. Early sketches of the flag included piles of salt, a critical export, but London flagmakers mistook them for the icy houses of the Arctic and added doors. The “igloo” flag remained from 1869 to 1968.
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What insect shoots a boiling corrosive discharge? -
Feb 03
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Jan 30
Which European monarch once physically picked up another country's ruler? -
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