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TIL that Kentucky, not one of the original 13 colonies of the United States, was the last state to get both a star and a stripe added to the flag. Vermont and Kentucky were given both a star and a stripe to the flag as the 14th and 15th states admitted into the Union. This remained until 1818.

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