TIL that in the early 20th century, Danes living under Prussian rule were banned from displaying the Danish flag. To protest this, they bred pigs with a red and white color pattern similar to thei...

www.mentalfloss.com

TIL that in the early 20th century, Danes living under Prussian rule were banned from displaying the Danish flag. To protest this, they bred pigs with a red and white color pattern similar to thei...

www.mentalfloss.com

Lemmit.Online botMAB to

Today I Learned (TIL)English · 8 days ago

The Ultimate Mudslinger: The Story Behind Denmark’s Protest Pigs

www.mentalfloss.com

When oppressive laws stopped Danes from flying the flag of Denmark, they found a new way to sport their country's colors—a pig.

This is an automated archive made by the Lemmit Bot.

The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/EuphoricNecessary864 on 2025-05-06 05:15:21+00:00.

Original Title: TIL that in the early 20th century, Danes living under Prussian rule were banned from displaying the Danish flag. To protest this, they bred pigs with a red and white color pattern similar to their flag. The breed is now called the Danish Protest Pig

You must log in or register to comment.

Chat

Today I Learned (TIL)

todayilearned

You are not logged in. However you can subscribe from another Fediverse account, for example Lemmy or Mastodon. To do this, paste the following into the search field of your instance: [email protected]

Community locked: only moderators can create posts. You can still comment on posts.

You learn something new every day; what did you learn today? Submit interesting and specific facts about something that you just found out here.

Visibility: Public

This community can be federated to other instances and be posted/commented in by their users.

12 users / day
51 users / week
122 users / month
392 users / 6 months
1 local subscriber
781 subscribers
23K Posts
732 Comments
Modlog

mods:
Lemmit.Online bot