Why do Texas and Chile have, essentially, the same flag?

chile stole the flag

texas stole the flag

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>>71816889
>>71817114
Hmmm now I'm confused

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Chile
>The country of Chile's flag consists of two unequal horizontal bands of white and red and a blue square the same height as the white band in the canton, which bears a white five-pointed star in the center. It was adopted on October 18, 1817. The Chilean flag is also known in Spanish as[1] (The Lone Star).
>The flag of the U.S. state of Texas is similar to the Chilean flag. The flag of Texas was designed and adopted on 25 January 1839; whereas Chile adopted a flag similar to today's Chilean flag 22 years earlier on 18 October 1817.

>>71817653
>Americopies

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>>71816858
>>71817495
>a fucking tea company

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