prisonarrow (fivethirtyeight)

Race #136

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Official speed 71.64 wpm (77.72 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start June 29, 2017 9:55:44pm UTC
Race Finish June 29, 2017 9:57:02pm UTC
Outcome Win (1 of 4)
Accuracy 96.0%
Points 0.00
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The earliest flaglike objects were emblems - an animal or other carved figure - placed atop a pole. Ribbons beneath these insignia served as decoration. The importance of the two was later reversed so that the design of the flag on a piece of cloth (replacing the ribbons) conveyed the message while the finial of the pole became ornamental, either in the form of a sphere or, as the most common alternatives, a spear or (especially in the United States) an eagle.