John Cook wrote:
On Mon, 21 Jun 2004 12:17:56 +0300, noname wrote:

Does it have something to do with white flags?

No, but it might have something to do with the repainting it needed
when an invading force burnt it down...

Cheers
John Cook

This is the story in Ripley's Believe It Or Not. According to Ripley, it
started out pink.

Richard.