242- Mini-Stories: Volume 2

99% Invisible

SiriusXM Podcasts and Roman Mars

Design, Arts

4.8 • 27.5K Ratings

🗓️ 10 January 2017

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Part 2 where host Roman Mars talks to the 99pi producers about their favorite “Mini-Stories.” These are little anecdotes or seeds of a story about design and architecture that can’t quite stretch into a full episode, but we love them … Continue reading →

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0:00.0	This is 99% invisible. I'm Roman Mars.
0:07.6	This is from Twitter.
0:09.0	Hey Roman Mars and 99PI work.
0:11.6	I have a burning question for you.
0:13.3	Why do US flags on military vehicles and uniforms
0:16.8	always appear backwards?
0:18.8	That's from Michael McAlvin.
0:20.6	Well, first of all, they're only backwards part of the time.
0:22.8	Military regulations state that when a flag is displayed,
0:25.6	it must give the effect of that flag flying in the breeze
0:29.0	is that the person wearing it is moving forward.
0:32.0	So if the patch is on the left arm,
0:34.0	the flag is displayed as you normally think of it
0:36.0	with that blue star field in the upper left hand corner.
0:39.1	But if the flag patch is on the right arm,
0:41.4	it's the reverse side flag that's displayed
0:43.9	with the blue star field in the upper right hand corner.
0:47.1	The same goes for vehicles.
0:48.2	The blue star field always points towards the front of the vehicle
0:51.5	as if it's flying and we're charging forward to victory.
0:54.6	So if you're looking at the right side of a tank or an aircraft,
0:57.9	you'll see the reverse flag.
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