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DAILY GEOGRAPHY BRIEF · NO. 150
Why the EU flag still has just 12 stars
The EU flag's 12 stars were never a member count — fixed as a symbol of perfection since 1955, unchanged as membership grew to 27 countries.
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DAILY GEOGRAPHY BRIEF · NO. 152
That wheel on India's flag isn't Gandhi's
India's flag wheel was swapped in 1947 — the emblem read as Gandhi's charkha is actually an ancient 24-spoke Buddhist dharma-wheel, the Ashoka Chakra.
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DAILY GEOGRAPHY BRIEF · NO. 153
The island bigger than Great Britain, hiding
Today: Baffin Island dwarfs Great Britain 2.4x over, Devon Island is Earth's largest uninhabited landmass, and Reno sits farther west than Los Angeles.
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