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.
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- Where did the game of chess originate?
“Chess traces back to an Indian game called chaturanga, played around the 6th century CE, whose pieces represented the four divisions of an ancient army.”
Reference: Encyclopaedia Britannica
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