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When Indonesia declared independence from the Netherlands, they took the Dutch colonial flag that was flying on the roof of the Hotel where the Dutch had just fled from and tore off the blue strip to end up with...  The flag of The flag of British Columbia is a garish, horrible mess:  Scotland's coat of arms has the motto "Nemo me impune lacessit", which translates to "No-one threatens us with impunity", or more loosely, "Come and have a go if yeh think yeh're fookin' hard enough".
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I think they're meteors. That Quaternion Eagle is from around 1510, I believe; the first 'officially' observed meteor was in Ensisheim in 1492, and was delivered to King Maximilian, then son of the Holy Roman Emperor Frederick III, who himself became Holy Roman Emperor in 1508. So, it makes sense that a flaming rock from heaven would be associated with that Emperor.
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Dec 10, 2013 21:08
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Remembered another favorite. The city of Surabaya is Indonesia's second largest, but it's not famous for much outside Indonesia (where it's remembered as the City of Heroes, where Indonesian independence began). The traditional myth is that the city was founded on marshland where a giant shark (sura) fought a giant crocodile (baya). The symbol of the city is, therefore, a shark fighting a crocodile (behind the Hero Monument):  This also results in some pretty impressive statuary:  Welcome to the city of  SharkrocodileOne Swell Foop has a new favorite as of 21:37 on Dec 17, 2013 |
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Dec 17, 2013 21:33
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origami manatee posted:It's vector graphic at wikipedia so it can be enhanced, here's 2000px: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped..._Negker.svg.png As far as I know, it's a folk tale and it varies, but I think the story goes that they fought many times then had a truce where the shark took the ocean and the crocodile took the land, but the shark started sneaking into the river so they had one last fight in the river and the crocodile won that one.
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