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25 and 0-ver

By The Hunger Is it just me or does every hot girl aged 25 years and older seem to be taken? Where have all the single 25+ hotties gone? 25 and 0, at first glance, looks like Manny Pacquiao’s professional KO record over the last few years – but this is another kind of knockout. And before [...]

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Top 4 Hardest Flags To Capture

By Atlas Al Not taking into consideration population numbers as already discussed in Exotic Flags, we examine the top four Hardest Flags To Capture. Social Seclusion/Political Strife:  North Korea Haha, think again if you think you can get the North Korean flag.  They’re ruled by Kim Jong-il (who has his own cult of personality, can you [...]

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Seismic Flags

By Atlas Al All flags are created equal. Certain nationalities/cultures/peoples are not better or worse than any other nationality, culture, or people of the world. There is no point system to flagging. Hook up with a foreigner and you get their flag, that’s it. Certain nationalities, however, are harder to hook up with because of [...]

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God Save the Brits

By Atlas Al One of my friends Alex commented on an article I wrote called Mathematical Flagging. In it, I stated, “In theory, it’s easier to get the flag from a country with more citizens than from a country with fewer citizens.” “No way!” he said. ”Just because there are more Chinese, Indonesians, and Pakistanis doesn’t mean they’re [...]

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“Most Serene Republic”

By Atlas Al Most Serene Republic As I researched my last pair of blog posts, I thought to myself, who in their right mind would officially name themselves “The Most Serene Republic of San Marino?”  What’s going on over there?  Is it that serene and tranquil to name their country like that?  Hmm, I wonder [...]

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The Most Exotic Flags

By Atlas Al Exotic Flags As a freshman in college, I learned about supply and demand and the law of scarcity in Economics 101.  The fewer there are of something, the more people want it.  And many times people will do anything to get it.  The same applies to highly sought after Exotic Flags:  sovereign states with very [...]

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Mathematical Flagging

By Atlas Al Most Populated Countries in the World In theory, it’s easier to get the flag from a sovereign state with more citizens than from a sovereign state with fewer citizens.  For example, China makes up roughly 20% of the world’s population (i.e., one out of every five human beings is Chinese).  Sovereign states with smaller [...]

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