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I was just looking at the flag of the european union, Does anyone seriously know Why does it have 12 stars if it only has 27 member nations?

The number of stars on the flag is fixed at 12 and is not related to the number of member states of the EU.

Twelve was eventually adopted as a number with no political connotations and as a symbol of perfection and completeness because of the ubiquity of the number for groups in European cultures and traditions such as:

* 12 hours on a clock
* 12 months in a year
* 12 symbols of the zodiac
* 12 Apostles
* 12 sons of Jacob
* 12 Tribes of Israel
* 12 biblical minor prophets
* 12 ounces in a troy pound
* 12 semitones in an octave
* 12 days of Christmas
* 12 Caesars chronicled by Suetonius
* 12 Olympian gods
* 12 Labours of Hercules
* 12 tables of Roman Law
* 12 sons of Odin
* 12 books of Paradise Lost and The Aeneid
* 12 hues in the colour wheel, star or sphere (western art)

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