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3 unusual facts about Flag of Hungary


Flag of Hungary

During the anti-Soviet uprising in 1956, revolutionaries cut out the Stalinist emblem and used the resulting tricolour with a hole in the middle as the symbol of the revolution.

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Flag of North Rhine-Westphalia

The flag is a combination of the two former provinces of Prussia that comprise most of the state: the Rhine Province and Westphalia, which unfortunately can easily be confused with the much older Flag of Hungary, but which is inverted relative to the NRWF flag, and with the plain version (not currently used) of the flag of Iran.



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