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Google Doodle uses Ghana’s flag instead of Cameroon’s

Ghana and Cameroon are, contrary to Google’s belief, different African countries.

What Google is doing with their Google Doodles for the World Cup is really neat! We pointed out their fun one from the day of the opener, and it looks like they’ll be updating every day with the countries currently playing! And if you click on it, it takes you to all the info of the match!

So for the second match of the World Cup, Mexico vs. Cameroon, they showed a guy in a luchador mask playing against ... well ...

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Those flags should look like:

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That flag on the Google Doodle is Ghana’s:

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Here’s Cameroon’s:

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They’re both green, red, and yellow tricolors with a star in the middle. But this is why you edit stuff! Y’all wouldn’t put Malaysia’s flag instead of America’s, would you?

UPDATE Fixed!

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