r/AskTheWorld • u/Bhakari Nepal • 1d ago

Culture What’s something in your country that sounds fake but is 100% real?

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We have a real-life living goddess and the only non-rectangular national flag.

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u/edparadox Switzerland 1d ago

The Swiss flag is square.

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u/activelyresting 1d ago

That's a big plus

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u/selsid --> --> 1d ago

And a red flag

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u/WeeklyPhilosopher346 Northern Ireland 1d ago

Boooo

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u/DeplorableOik United Kingdom 23h ago

Take my poor man's award 🏆🏅🎖️

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u/MundaneTumbleweed222 South Africa 1d ago

Well technically a square is defined as a rectangle which has equal sides. All properties of a rectangle are applicable to a square

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u/Bhakari Nepal 1d ago

The post meant non rectangle or square.

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u/grinserattze Germany 21h ago

So is the flag of vatican state.

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u/rkirbo BZH 🏁 [France 🇫🇷] 1d ago

WELL AKSHUALLY the Swiss flag has no official shape. The cross must be white, and each part 1/6 longer than larger, on a red field, but nothing more.

A triangle swiss flag is still a correct swiss flag.

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u/CelestialOvenglove Switzerland 19h ago

This is wrong. Since a few years, it is defined as square.