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☆ Nepal: The mysterious, mathematical origins of the world’s most unusually-shaped national flag
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-07 | by ( Lilit Marcus | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

CNN —It’s a go-to question at bar trivia: what is the only national flag in the world that isn’t rectangular or square shaped? But beyond the simple fact of its uncommon shape, Nepal’s flag is a bit of a mystery. Rupakheti is quick to point out that even Nepali history scholars aren’t completely sure about the full backstory of the national flag. A Nepali men's football team fan gets the national flag painted on her face before a friendly match with India in 2021. “National flags could only be unfurled and could only be displayed at government premises,” explains Rupakheti.

Persons: CNN — It’s, ”, Sanjog Rupakheti, Rupakheti, aren’t, Subash Shrestha, Henry Ambrose Oldfield, Perceval Landon, Landon, Ted Kaye, Kaye, “, ” Kaye, King Mahendra, it’s Organizations: CNN, College of, India, American Vexillogical Association, NAVA, IOC Locations: Nepal, South Asia, Massachusetts, British, –, Asia

☆ The Holy Grail: Many places say they have it. So who’s right?
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-17 | by ( Julia Buckley | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +17 min

In "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade," the Holy Grail was a simple "cup of a carpenter" with miraculous healing powers. Lucasfilm Ltd/Paramount/Kobal/ShutterstockOne thing’s for certain – the Holy Grail is embedded deep into our collective imagination. The idea of a quest is a constant theme in literature, art and movies, while we routinely refer to what would be our ultimate goals – but usually lie tantalizingly out of sight — as the “holy grail.” Major medical breakthroughs are often called the “holy grail” for the disease in question. The Holy Grail is, supposedly, the cup used by Jesus at the Last Supper. Raquel Maria Carbonell Pagola/LightRocket/Getty ImagesSo what is it like to have a Holy Grail in your city?

Persons: Jesus Christ, Indiana Jones, ”, Dan Brown, Christ, Mary Magdalen, Harrison Ford, “ Indiana Jones, Harry Potter, “, we’re, Jesus, There’s, Joanne Pierce, “ Jesus, Pierce, Joseph of Arimathea, Jesus ’, Peter, Dean Conger, Corbis, Mathew Schmalz, … King Arthur, King Arthur, Joseph, Arimathea, Chrétien de Troyes, “ Perceval, Perceval, Lancelot, ‘, Margarita Torres Sevilla, Raquel Maria Carbonell Pagola, Torres, —, José Miguel Ortega del Río, Urraca ”, Ortega del Río, Cairo’s Al, –, Dénia, …, Doña Urraca, Leon, Jerusalem ”, ” Ali bnu Muyahid, Denia, Léon, Valencia, Ferdinand I, Ferdinand, Salah, Din Yusuf ibn Ayyub, Saladin, Urraca, Ferdinand’s, Torres –, “ I’m, Bill Gates, ” Torres ’, I’m, Christ doesn’t, Schmalz, who’s, Pope John XXIII’s vestment, ’, We’ll Organizations: CNN, Lucasfilm Ltd, Paramount, ”, College of, Catholic, Glastonbury Tor, “, Knights, Celtic, Representatives, Cathedral, Cathedral of Valencia, University of Léon, Azhar, Alamy, Santo, Indiana Locations: Europe, “, Massachusetts, Valencia, Genoa, Montserrat, Barcelona, Glastonbury, England, Spain, Santo, Rome, Jerusalem, Etchmiadzin Cathedral, Armenia, what’s, San Isidoro, Léon, Cathedral of, Italy, Castile, Egypt, Cairo, Cairo’s, Dénia, Syria, Oxford, there's, of Turin

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