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Gecko99 OP t1_jcx7bwu wrote

Reply to comment by Tairo in TIL no one has found a larva of the titan beetle, one of the largest beetles in the world. by Gecko99

There could be some group of native people who have been occasionally finding two-inch-wide grubs for thousands of years and think they got really lucky and they just cook it on a stick over a fire. Maybe no one has thought to ask the right person what the biggest grub they've found was.

Two species of extant coelacanth have been discovered at fish markets, one in 1938, the other in 1997.

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focalac t1_jcx79iq wrote

Reply to comment by RealWanheda in TIL: The Government of Canada has an office that creates coats of arms for Canadian citizens, and that all Canadian Citizens may apply to the Governor General for a coat of arms and even an officially-recognized personal flag by ryguy_1

I mean you can Google “your surname coat of arms” and see what a family with your surname once had. Arms are granted to a specific person so they wouldn’t be yours, obviously.

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gheebutersnaps87 t1_jcx73ak wrote

Reply to comment by publicbigguns in TIL: The Government of Canada has an office that creates coats of arms for Canadian citizens, and that all Canadian Citizens may apply to the Governor General for a coat of arms and even an officially-recognized personal flag by ryguy_1

Is that subreddit not just dudes who think they are The Wolf of Wall Street, but are actually just regular middle to lower class people who really like Elon Musk?

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freewaterfallIII t1_jcx6st0 wrote

Reply to comment by obitarian in TIL: The Government of Canada has an office that creates coats of arms for Canadian citizens, and that all Canadian Citizens may apply to the Governor General for a coat of arms and even an officially-recognized personal flag by ryguy_1

I did this. It came as a poster intended to be framed. I didn't frame it. Its a nice glossy picture of queen Elizabeth and I opted for her husband too. They mail it to ya. Free!!

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Baguirre1 t1_jcx6d5a wrote

Reply to TIL: The Government of Canada has an office that creates coats of arms for Canadian citizens, and that all Canadian Citizens may apply to the Governor General for a coat of arms and even an officially-recognized personal flag by ryguy_1

If your last name is Western European then you most likely already have one. I’m Hispanic and I have 2 different ones myself. One has shells on it (meh) while the other one is 2 wolves shaking hands at a tree (Waaaay cooler)

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coredump3d t1_jcx5pdi wrote

Reply to comment by Crabrubber in TIL: The Government of Canada has an office that creates coats of arms for Canadian citizens, and that all Canadian Citizens may apply to the Governor General for a coat of arms and even an officially-recognized personal flag by ryguy_1

> A number of grants have been made to people who have already been recognized with state honours for their notable achievements, such as through admission to the Order of Canada

Although possible not always available. Getting OC is a tall deal. Getting a coat of arms is fairly simpler at that point

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cardew-vascular t1_jcx5lk3 wrote

Reply to TIL: The Government of Canada has an office that creates coats of arms for Canadian citizens, and that all Canadian Citizens may apply to the Governor General for a coat of arms and even an officially-recognized personal flag by ryguy_1

Every governor general has a coat of arms made and the current one is neat it includes Inuktitut and arctic animals.

https://www.gg.ca/en/governor-general/governor-general-mary-simon/coat-arms

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somewhat_random t1_jcx5fs3 wrote

Reply to TIL: The Government of Canada has an office that creates coats of arms for Canadian citizens, and that all Canadian Citizens may apply to the Governor General for a coat of arms and even an officially-recognized personal flag by ryguy_1

This is quite expensive and you must actually have accomplished something to qualify so for most of us a better route would be to buy a knighthood from Sealand.

https://sealandgov.org/product-category/titles/

I became a Count there several years ago and my son is a knight.

Now you may say that a piece of paper that claims nobility from an arbitrary country may be useless but I fail to see why my nobility is any less valid than those "granted" throughout the rest of Europe.

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