How many stars and stripes are on the US flag, and what do they represent?
The US flag has 50 stars, one for each state, and 13 stripes that stand for the original 13 colonies.
Reference: Encyclopaedia Britannica
The US flag has 50 stars, one for each state, and 13 stripes that stand for the original 13 colonies.
10 percent of the Russian government's income comes from the sale of vodka.
Japan's Shinkansen "bullet train" opened in 1964, just before the Tokyo Olympics. It was the world's first high-speed rail line.