Philippines

15 odd-even facts you must know about Philippines

1. In the Philippines, Filipinos were introduced to the English language in 1762 by British invaders, not Americans.

2. What is the world's third largest English-speaking nation, next to the U.S.A and the U.K? The Philippines.

3. The U.S.A bought the Philippines, Puerto Rico and Guam from Spain in 1898.

4. The Filipino-American Independence war from 1898 to 1902 ensued, ensued killing 4,234 Americans and how many Filipinos? 16,000 were killed in the action 200,000 were killed in famine and pestilence. The Philippines lost and was colonized until 1946.

5. Los Angeles, California was co founded in 1781by a Filipino named Antonio Miranda Rodriguez, along with 43 Latinos form Mexico sent by Spanish government.

6. What antibiotic did Filipino doctor Abelardo Aguilar co-discover? Hint: Brand is Ilosone, named after Iloilo. Erythomycin.

7. The one chip video camera was first made by Marc Loinaz, a Filipino inventor from New Jersey.

8. The first ever international grand master from Asia was Eugenio Torre who at the chess Olympiad in Nice, France 1974.

9. This son of two Filipino Physicians scored over 700 on the verbal portion on the Standardized Achievement Test (SAT) before age 13 - Kiwi Danao Camara of Ponahou School , Hawaii...

10. Edward Sanches, a Mensa member, bagged the grand prize in the first Philippine Search for product excellence in Information Technology.

11. Who was the first Filipino-American dancer who scored a perfect 1600 on te SAT? Joyce Monteverde of california.

12. Who invented the fluorescent lamp? Thomas Edison discovered the electric light and the fluorescent lighting thought up by Nikola Tesla. But the fluorescent lamp we use today was invented by Agapito Flores ( a Cebu man named Benigno Flores of Bantayan Island, according to the Philippine Daily Inquirer) , a Filipino Scientist. Americans helped then Philippines leader Ramon Magsaysay to develop it for worldwide commerce. ( Yes!!! Many foreigners have noted that the Filipino population has Asia's highest rates of inventors and International beauty queens ) This fact is still to be resolve because this name never appear in the encyclopedia.

13. Two Filipina beauties, Gloria Diaz and Margie Morgan, chosen as Miss Universe in 1969 and 1973.

14. Pure or part Filipino celebrities in American showbiz include Von Flores, Tia Carrere, Paolo Montalban, Lea Salonga, Ernie Reyes jr., Nia Peeples, Julio Iglesias jr., Lou Diamont Phillips, Phoebe Cates, And Rob Schneider.

15. The first Filipino act to land a top hit on the U.S Billboard Hot 100 chart the 1960's was the group Rocky Fellers of Manila.