{"version": "1.0", "type": "rich", "title": "TIL that they won\u2019t have to change the EU flag when Britain leaves cause they\u2019ve never updated it from 12 stars even though...", "author_name": "kontextmaschine", "author_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "provider_name": "kontextmaschine", "provider_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "url": "https://kontextmaschine.com/post/184019496755/", "html": "<p>TIL that they won\u2019t have to change the EU flag when Britain leaves cause they\u2019ve never updated it from 12 stars even though there are 28 members now</p><p>And the stars were specifically intended NOT to match member states, because original plans for a 15-star Council of Europe flag stalled because West Germany insisted the \u201cSaar Protectorate\u201d was just French-occupied Germany</p>"}