12 thoughts on “Interesting Question of the Day – 18 September 2017”

1. The shortest-lived American flag in history. The 41-star American flag in 1889 was accurate for just 3 days. It came into being because the widely predicted north (39) and south (40) Dakota state introdution, making 40 stars, was swiftly followed by Montaña (41), creating the 41 star flag, and Washington (42), out-dating the 41 star flag, all within a 10 day period.

   1. Actually the US went from 38 stars to 43 stars on 4 July 1891 when stars representing Idaho, Montana, North & South Dakota, and Washington were all added to the flag.

      At any rate this flag has 50 stars.

      1. Ok So to sum it up, this just means I cannot count :/

2. Is it not the flag of the USA?

   1. It is not.

      Look closer.

      1. 15 stripes are a little unusual…

         1. And there’s the error.

      2. And as the only US flag with 15 stripes had 15 stars too, I’d say this isn’t a real flag.

         1. You’ve really been looking at this in depth!

3. I give up. Been trying to find it all day, but the only flag I’ve found with 15 stripes was the 1794 version with only 15 stars.

   I have to assume it is not an American flag at all.

   1. No it’s not. We’re doing a bit of a theme of flag spotting this week with our interesting questions of the day.

      Today’s flag is not a flag.

      (Sure looks like one at a glance though.)

      1. I’m stumped!

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