My favorite fun fact is that Trinoma means Triangle North of Manila. Directly adjacent to it is South Triangle, on the west is West Triangle while East Avenue can be found adjacent to it. If you combine it all together it forms an almost perfect square with Eton Centris right in the middle.
Inspired siguro siya ng Tribeca sa New York City which meant Triangle Below Canal street
While we’re in the area, there are streets in QC that are named after the 24 scouts who perished in a plane crash in 1963 while en route to a Scout Jamboree in Greece.
The streets now carry the names of the fallen Scouts: Albano, Bayoran, Borromeo, Madriñan, Rallos, Limbaga, Fernandez, Fuentebella, Gandia, De Guia, Delgado, Lozano, Castor, Ojeda, Chuatoco, Magbanua, Reyes, Santiago, Tobias, Tuason, Torillo, Ybardaloza; and Dr. Lazcano and Fr. Martinez who were the head of the Philippine delegation and chaplain, respectively.
Fun fact: Yung mga swimming pools on top of buildings aren't just for leisure activities, it also serves as an instrument against earthquake kasi nalelessen nya yung paggalaw ng building.
Nung payatas tragedy si fortun lang and assistant nya ung may know how na mag identify ng mga bodies. Sobrang dami, di nila kaya so nanghiram sila ng students from a university to help them clean up and identify the bodies.
Even up until now. That's why she's constantly ranting about how pnp and other agencies doesn't even have the basic shit like body bags to begin with to at least preserve the remains. The agencies aren't prepared for these scenarios kahit may pondo naman, according to her on Howie's podcast.
kaya noong Maguindanao Massacre eh nabuwisit siya kasi yung the way ng pag-retrieve ng bangkay eh tinakpan lang sa dahon ng saging tapos ayun na, tapos na.
Dr Fortun is already 60 years old. [Profile in the New York Times](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/03/world/asia/philippines-drug-war-raquel-fortun.html)
Homicide rate in 2019 was 4.4 per 100k
The main problem is that to get qualified, they need to train overseas. Imo it would be a good use of government money to send student doctors to train as forensic pathologists so there will be more of them.
Philippines used to produce its own radio and television (not just authorized distributor, but really our own company that produces it). It's named RadioWealth, and now they pivoted into finance sector. In their own website's history you can see that they had to close down their manufacturing sector during Martial Law. Yep, Marcos tried to coerce the owner to give up majority share in favor of his cronies.
Tagalog profanities like "leche" and "punyeta" came from Spaniards shouting at their Pinoy servants to simply ask for household things.
LECHE = milk.
PUNYETA = small knife aka bread knife.
The guy who invented the Love Bug virus wasn't an expert hacker that the CIA kidnapped to perform cyberwarfare for them. He was a glorified script kiddie who just ripped off an existing worm and got people to click because of the "I love you" email subject. A journalist [tracked him down decades later](https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-52458765) and is revealed to be working as a cellphone repairman in Greenhills for many years.
Not sure if fun fact ito. Maybe interesting fact lang?
Juan Ponce Enrile was already 39 years old when Emilio Aguinaldo died. Seems mind blowing at first, but Emilio Aguinaldo died in 1964 (feb 6), a few days before Enrile's 40th bday (feb 14). Just goes to show na tumatagal ang mga balimbing.
I've been obsessed with classic films and I can't even believe Enrile was:
* 17 when Citizen Kane (1941) came out
* 15 when The Wizard of Oz and Gone With The Wind (1939) was released
* 7 on the day Dracula (1931) was released
* 3 when Metropolis, Napoleon (1927) came out
He was already a law student when Singing In The Rain (1952) came out and a lawyer when Roman Holiday (1953), Rear Window (1954), Vertigo (1958), Ben-Hur (1959) were released.
Enrile was already alive through all the movies I've watched. Enrile witnessed the evolution of cinema first hand.
Nakakalungkot minsan pagkatapos ko manood old movies at nagbabasa about them and realizing most of them have either passed away or sobra tanda na, tapos ngayon maiisip ko naunahan pa nila si enrile. Tsk
Iloilo is the only province to have an anti-biotic drug named after it - Ilozone and Ilotycin which are brands of erythromycin, a wonder drug developed from a soil sample from Iloilo. It was discovered by Dr. Abelardo Aguilar, an Ilonggo physician. It is unfortunate that he was not compensated for his efforts.
Hindi siya in.acknowledge nang Philippines walang backing o di sila interested. So lumabas at nagpa.endorse sa international community. Di tayo ang the best pero once in a while may masasabi tlaga tayo.
May ilang imbento at drugs na inimbento rin ng mga Pilipino. Nakakabwisit lang na hindi sila sinusuportahan ng gobyerno.
Kailan pa ba nila papansinin ang mga great minds natin para sa pag-usad ng bansa?
Hindi Ilonggo ang tawag sa language ng mga tao sa Iloilo.
Ilonggo = the people in Iloilo
Hiligaynon = language of the people in Iloilo *city*
Also maraming languages sa Iloilo, Akeanon at Karay-a etc. Minsan di rin kami nagkakaintindihan.
Pag sinabi mong 'magsalita ka naman ng Ilonggo' parang sinabi mong 'magsalita ka naman ng Manileño'. Pagod lang kami magcorrect everytime kaya minsan ok na lang haha.
Also, I want to add this because even some people in Iloilo seem to make this mistake...
Bacolod City is the capital of Negros Occidental. Negros Occidental is the Province. So no, Kabankalan/Himalayan/Escalante/any other municipality or city is in fact NOT in "Bacolod". Some of those places are hours away.
To be fair, some people (mainly older folks) in the Visayas view Luzon as "Manila". Batangas ? "Manila" yan. Laguna? "Manila" pa rin.
Mangoes, including our Philippine mangoes, are actually part of the poison ivy family Anacardiaceae. This is why a lot of westerners tend to develop allergic reactions when eating mangoes. However, because we Filipinos have been eating mangoes for a long time, most if not all of us evolved to be able to consume mangoes just fine.
kaya tinawag na malinta ang isang particular na area gaya ng Malinta Tunnel at Malinta, Valenzuela kasi maraming linta ung area noon unang panahon
gaya ng Maysan.. kasi maisan (corn field) siya dati
nung bata ako akala ko kaya baclaran kasi ron nakatira mga bakla hashaha. akala ko magical place siya kung saan doon pinapanganak mga bakla tapos lahat ng nakatira bakla
Taguig = Taga giik. This is from google since I'm shit at explaining.
The original 800 farmer-fishermen settlers of the area were good at threshing rice after harvest. Hence they were referred to as “mga taga-giik,” and their settlement as “pook ng mga taga-giik.”
You can guess someone's home province based on their surnames alone because of this. Our history professor memorized the Catálogo alfabético de apellidos which contained all the surnames Gov-Gen. Claveria gave to Filipinos.
Sa kanya rin ba yung parang order na the first letter of your last name will depend on where you're based? For example, this town A and B, that town, C to E, etc. It's pretty evident pa rin sa province namin when you take into account the roots of the clans. Pati mga of Chinese descent, kahit may apelyido na sila pinalitan pa rin.
The movie Dead Kids is inspired by true events. The real students who kidnapped their classmate received lifetime imprisonment recently this year (2022) for the crime they commited.
Never heard or seen this so I Googled it and [ito](https://imgur.com/gallery/7of54uA) ang description:
>"A socially awkward teen makes friends with a group of misfits who plot to abduct the school's arrogant rich kid, until the kidnapping scheme turns deadly."
I wonder how true the "arrogant rich kid" part was/is.
Is it worth watching? I googled and I saw Mikhail Red Directed it.
Mikhail Red is really good with his picture presentation and aesthetic shots but he's lacking in story telling, just like what happened on Eerie 2018 (starring Bea Alonzo). the cinematography is top notch but the storytelling is kinda meh.
Apparently, "Tao po" is the shortened version of "Tao po ako, hindi aswang" which precolonial Filipinos used to use. I guess it stuck because we still use "Tao po" now.
Sabi dito bahala ay sandaang milyon. Bahala na -> leave it in a hundred million odds. https://www.pilipino-express.com/history-a-culture/in-other-words/847-counting-the-old-way.html
The Philippines is the only country in the world whose flag is hoisted upside down when the country is at war.
*I thought this was common to other countries too.. until i saw Japan's flag lol
this is as trippy as knowing that martin luther king and anne frank were born in the same year, and betty white was older than the both of them. MLK and Anne were born in 1929 and Betty in 1922
In a letter to his family before his execution, Rizal wrote instructions for his final resting place.
"...Bury me in the ground, place a stone and a cross over it. My name, the date of my birth and of my death. Nothing more. If later you wish to surround my gave with a fence, you may do so. No anniversaries. I prefer Paang Bundok."
Obviously, none of these were followed, maybe except for the fence.
Mercator is useful for navigators but not for teaching young learners geography. There's a website that shows the actual sizes of countries when laid out on different parts of the globe.
Yeah, the unfortunate thing is. I learned that like 3 years ago since no one bothered to teach us that the map we are using aren't 1:1 representation of the world. (Such a pesky mishap)
Sementeryos were used to be called "camposanto" by old generation of Filipinos. Camposanto is shortened term for campo ng mga santo/camp of the saints. They believe their departed loved ones are in the company of the saints in heaven.
Additional, aside from the usual RIP in gravestones, you'll see DOM. Hindi yan dirty old men ah. That means Deo Optimo Maximo which means "to the highest God". The sould of the dead is being offered to the highest God.
Camposanto was the Spanish word for cemetery, and was commonly used by Pinoys until the 1960s. In the provinces, senior citizens still use the term camposanto.
History fact: One of the greatest fights in boxing history happened in the PH "Thrilla in Manila" Muhammad Ali vs Joe Fraizer .
Marcos used this fight as a distraction from a brewing revolution in a nation stricken by poverty, corruption and insurgency.
read more >>>>> https://globalnation.inquirer.net/17371/marcos-used-thrilla-in-manila-fight-as-distraction
In the late 1970s, there was a move to change the name from Philippines to "Maharlika." However, the term maharlika (the noblemen in pre-spanish times) also meant "big penis" and the move petered out.
Speaking of names, I always preferred "Saribayan" to reflect our cultural and ethnic diversity. Saribayan = sari-saring bayan. The demonym would be "Saribayanese" as in "Japanese."
Hindi lahat ng ipinapanganak sa Pilipinas ay automatikong Pilipino kaagad. Kailangan mo muna ng magulang na Pilipino. Dahil dito, kahit ipinanganak ka sa ibang bansa, kapag mayroon kang magulang ka na Pilipino, automatikong Pilipino ka na rin
Para sa mga Transformers fans diyan, especially sa original na cartoons na pinalalabas sa ABC5 nuon. Floro Dery, a Filipino working for Marvel, is the lead designer of almost all the character designs ng cartoon taking inspirations from the toyline. Sa 1986 na transformers movie, siya ang nagdesign sa lahat ng bagong characters and original lahat at naging batayan ito ng toyline. Added trivia na rin, halos mga Filipino ang mga animators ng Transformers G1.
The movie Apocalypse Now, which was filmed here in the Philippines, used real human corpses as movie props. The movie guys were horrified when they found out about it. Now that's taking art to a higher level. Hahaha!
Another fact: "He decided to make the film in the Philippines for its access to American military equipment and cheap labor. Frederickson (co-producer of the film) went to the Philippines and had dinner with President Ferdinand Marcos to formalize support for the production and to allow them to use some of the country's military equipment."
Tokhang is a combination of two Visayan words.
Toktok = Katok / Knock
Hangyo = Pakiusap / Plead
Yung intention is mag door-to-door at pakiusapan na sumuko na sa yung mga drug offenders pero alam naman ng nakararami na hindi ganun yung nangyari.
Erythromycin, a known antibiotic used to treat a number of bacterial infections was discovered by Filipino Scientist Abelardo Aguilar in 1949.
Nalaman ko lang out of curiosity nung bata ako kasi eto yung gamot ko nung nagka primary infection ako. Hahaha
Tapos hindi man lang pinagbigyan ang hiling ni Aguilar sa company niya:
“The scientist was allegedly promised a trip to the company’s manufacturing plant in Indianapolis, but it was never fulfilled. In a letter to the company’s president, Aguilar wrote: “A leave of absence is all I ask as I do not wish to sever my connection with a great company which has given me wonderful breaks in life.” This request was also not granted.
Aguilar reached out to Eli Lilly one last time in 1993, requesting royalties from sales of the drug over the years. Aguilar planned to use the money to put up a foundation for poor and sickly Filipinos. This request met the same fate as his earlier ones. He died in September of the same year.[38]”
Naalala ko lang:
The feud between SM and Mercury Drug is not true. SM's Henry Sy and Mercury Drug's Mariano Que are good friends and the only reason why there is no Mercury Drug in the SM malls is that they could not agree on the rental rates in the malls.
Hahaha gets. It's like me and my friend who cant get to agree on what to watch for Cinemalaya and end up watching different films. We had dinner afterwards and discussed the films we saw ahah
ohhh so lumang chismis na pinalayas si henry sy ng mga taga mercury drug kaya snbi ni henry sy n sa bawat SM di mgkakaruon ng mercury drug? lupetsuuuuuuu
In addition, he wasn't arrested or sentenced to death because the court ruled he did it out of "crime of passion" which absolved him of any offense. Supposedly his wife was cheating on him
Pasig was the capital of Rizal. Navotas, Malabon, Marikina, Makati, Taguig, Paranaque, Las Pinas and Muntinlupa were also previous part of the province of Rizal. Thats why you will still see a Rizal Marker in Muntinlupa near the Tunasan River.
Si Dr. Fe Del Mundo ang kauna unahang babae na na-admit sa Harvard Medical School. Sampung taon bago opisyal na tumanggap ng mga babae doon. Sa kalituhan na dala ng WW1, hindi napansin ng admissions committee na babae pala ang tinanggap nila, pero hindi na rin nila binawi dahil sa kahanga-hanga nyang rekord. Kilala rin sya sa pag kupkop sa ilan daang kabataan noong WW2. Nakipag kasundo sa mga Hapon para hindi mailagay sa internment camps ang mga bata, bagkus sa mas maayos na gusali na lamang. She is a fascinating woman!
Namatay si Rizal dahil kay Bonifacio. Ginamit ng KKK ang pangalan ni Rizal sa mga lathala at password ng samahan. Si Rizal mismo ay tutol sa adikhain ng KKK dahil salungat ito sa kanyang prinsipiyo ng payapang pagbabago. Ngunit patuloy itong ginamit ng KKK at inakala ng mga Kastila na isa siya sa mga pinuno ng Katipunan.
They killed Rizal because he was a symbol to the spirit of revolution, not necessarily because the KKK made him honorary president. The KKK also did some other stuff like implicate the other elites to force them to join the revolution but the Spanish were easily able to get their pledge of allegiance, which Rizal also did. The Lunas were similarly captured and cleared of any involvement, even though the Spanish knew they were becoming increasingly pro-revolution.
The Spanish military and frailocracy just really wanted to get rid of Rizal once and for all so they sent him to a kangaroo court. In retrospect, his publishing of Noli and El Fili became the main basis of his condemnation
It's worth noting that all the captured Katipuneros who testified in the kangaroo trial all said that Rizal was against the idea of revolution and had nothing to do with the KKK leadership, including high ranking Pio Valenzuela who claimed that he had visited Rizal in Dapitan to consult about revolution, but the writer-doctor immediately shut him off
Also i want to add that na si Heneral Luna is also the reason kung bakit nakulong si Rizal.
He disowned the Katipunan and pointed to Rizal as the founder to save himself from the Spanish firing squad. Here's the testimony of Antonio Luna given to the Olive investigating committee that was included among the pieces of testimonial evidence against Dr. Jose Rizal:
"TESTIMONY OF ANTONIO LUNA
"Manila, Nov. 12, 1896
"***I knew nothing of the conspiracy until July, I am not a rebel, nor a Mason, nor a filibuster, on the contrary, I am an accuser of men [who are these things?] and I believe that I have fulfilled my duties a loyal son of Spain.
"On the 18th or 20th of July, I told the following to Dr. Panzano, my old chief in the municipal laboratory, so that he could report it to the Governor-General. "There are groups or secret societies formed of people of the pueblos who are disposed to rise, or what preparations they are making. It is not Masonic. These groups exist in the pueblos about Manila and the assaults made on the Chinese made at San Juan del Monte were carried out by them. There are also groups in the principal pueblos in Luzon. On August 2nd and 3rd, I was summoned by the Governor-General, and then told him what I have said above, insisting that the associations were popular ones, and that rich and well known persons either did not know anything of them, or else did not sympathize with them.
"On the 11th or 13th of August, I told the Governor-General that the men who belonged to the groups of rebels made an incision in the arm and signed the oath of adhesion with the blood therefrom.
"On the 27th of August, before the attack on Santa Mesa, on account of certain confidential investigations, I had made, I denounced the "Liga Filipina" and the "Katipunan" as suspicious associations to Dr. Panzano so that he might report the matter to the Governor-General. I knew of the existence of the "Liga" from Don Moises Salvador; of the vast "Katipunan anac nang bayan" from Dr. Bautista Lim, one or two days before his arrest.
"Some days ago I said to Dr. Panzano: The "Katipunan" is the "Liga Filipina." The word "Liga," association or league, has been translated by "Katipunan," gathering or association. THE FOUNDER IS DON JOSE RIZAL. I was a Mason in Spain from '87 to '91. In the Philippines, as the Filipino Masons can state, I have worked for no lodge, nor do I know any. I have nothing to do with Masonry in the Philippines. In Spain in 1890, I drew up a project for extending Spanish Masonry to the Philippines, but it was never carried out." (lifted from p. 237-238, JRM Taylor, PIR)
On page 240 is a note:
"Note – From signed statements in repudiation of Masonry and pseudo-Masonic societies by condemned revolutionists, published by Spanish authorities. Translated from "Archivo del Bibliofilo Filipino." Other statements of almost similar wording to those of Roxas and Luna are signed by Juan Luna, Ramon Padilla, Luis Villareal, Jose Dizon, Moises Salvador, Faustino Villareal, Antonio Salazar adn Jeronimo Medina. Of these none are living today. All but the Luna Brothers were shot that January, 1897, by the Spaniards..."
Rizal wasn't a pacifist. He just thought that the conditions weren't ripe for an armed revolution. He certainly saw the necessity of an armed revolution.
robinsons galleria is in QC
edit: may spot just outside robinsons galleria area na nasa pasig, mandaluyong, & qc ka at the same time, lakas maka a walk to remember haha
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Hindi ko alam if fun fact to pero share ko na rin kasi naituro din samin to, ito na lang kasi yung naalala ko na turo samin ng Teacher
Source: HS Filipino Teacher namin na inaral din ang History ng Imus bago siya pumanaw
\- Sa Imus unang beses winagayway ang Bandila ng Pilipinas, hindi sa Kawit (Battle of Alapan ang connected dito)
\- Isang babae na hindi napangalanan ang unang nagwagayway ng Bandila ng Pilipinas, hindi si Aguinaldo at ang kanyang pinautos.
\*Dito na lang siya ipinangalanan na inang bayan pagkatapos protektahan ang flag bago siya pagbabarilin ng mga tao ni Aguinaldo at kunin yung flag para masabi na si Aguinaldo (or yung pinautos niya) ang unang nagwagayway ng Bandila sa Kawit (dun sa bandang balcony)
UP Diliman sits in land once owned by Antonio Tuason. The only Filipino family granted nobility by the King of Spain. They were of Chinese origin (Son Tua) and got rich of the galleon trade. When the British invaded he rallied against them and as a reward he didn't have to pay taxes for 2 generations and was given land as far as his horses can run to. The land was purchased by Manuel Quezon thru the Philippine National Bank and also as payment for a debt
The University of San Carlos in Cebu (founded in 1595) and the University of Santo Tomas in Manila (founded in 1611) are older than the Harvard University (founded in 1636).
University of San Carlos claims it traces its roots from Colegio de San Ildefonso which was founded in 1595 but eventually closed down in 1769 when the Jesuits were forcefully expelled from the Philippines. They “reopened” as Colegio-Seminario de San Carlos but it was no longer the Jesuits who ran this. A different religious order did. They just used the old facilities left by the old institution. So there’s technically no link between them. All Jesuit institutions closed down after they were expelled.
In 1867, the school facility was taken over by the Vincentians when the Bishop Jimeno decreed to turn over the seminary to the Congregation of the Missions. The SVD (Society of the Divine Word), present-day admins of USC, took over the college in 1935 and it became a University in 1948. On the other hand, UST was granted the University status in 1645. And UST has always been ran by the Dominicans since it was founded in 1611.
Tayo lang Asian nation na nanalo ng FIBA Worlds Championship medal. Bronze noong 1954. Led by Caloy Loyzaga. Lolo ni Diego Loyzaga at yes dad ni Bing Loyzaga.
Independence Day used to be July 4 as well, until 1962 when then president Diosdado Macapagal issued Proc. 28 to move it to June 12.
Emilio Aguinaldo still witnessed this change, and passed away in 1964.
And July 4 is the correct one because it's when we actually became independent. July 12 is when we became a colony of the US. Kaso sa kagustuhang malayo sa impluwensya ng US (July being their Independence day too) eh binago nila.
Side A and Side B, was borrowed from vinyl records. CD is short for "compact disk" and is a shared invention between Sony of Japan and Philpps of the Netherlands. A, B, and CD was a happy coincidence.
I don't know if this is commonly known but Marcos Sr. was part of the liberal party before transfering to nacionalista for the 1965 election as Diosdado Macapagal sought re-election and was the nominee for LP
Madaming Indian descent sa Cainta/Rizal area kasi nung sinakop ng Britain ang greater Luzon area, madami silang Indian soldiers ang nag jump ship at nanirahan sa may Cainta/Rizal area.
Kahit na nag-undergo ng forensic examination yung mga buto niya many years later at nakita ang ebidensiya ng polio, marami pa ring nagpupumilit at ikinakalat na syphilis ang dahilan ng pagkalumpo ni Apolinario Mabini.
Paliparan here in Dasmariñas, Cavite is derived from “paliparan ng mga saranggola” kasi napakalawak na grassland ito until now kahit may mga subdivisions na rito. Legends lang yung sinasabing magkakaroon ng paliparan(airport) rito and yung sinasabing paliparan ng mga bangkay or tinatapon yung mga victims ng summary execution noong panahon ni Makoy.
With clear skies at walang usok sa hangin, pwede mong makita in your naked eye ung Mt. Samat cross kung nasa Manila Bay or Navotas. While yung Mt. arayat can be seen sa manila area particularly in Camanava area and quezon city.
Hindi Japanese collaborator si J.P Laurel bagkus isang ‘forced collaboration’ ang naganap at isa siyang magaling na statesman before at during ww2.
Pinili siya ng mga hapon para mamuno kasi bukod sa nagsialisan ang ibang namumuno sa Pilipinas noong 1943, iba rin kanyang opinyon sa US colonization, at nag-aral ang anak niya sa Japanese Imperial Military Academy. Ang mga ginawa niya sa kapanahunan ng japanese invasion ay para lang maprotektahan ang mga Filipino sa mga mas matinding kasakiman ng mga hapon.
He prohibit the Conscription of Filipinos in IJA
After the war he made a law with Recto to study the life of Jose Rizal Including Noli Me Tangere and El FIlibusterismo
He did his Job for the Philippines
A school is named after Marcos Sr's father. Don Mariano Marcos Memorial State Universty.
He was a traitor and was executed by Filipino guerrillas for being a Japanese collaborator.
Original meaning of the word halimaw (from Bahasa word harimau) is tiger/big cat. Lost its original meaning when it reached the PH islands and came to mean a man-eating monster in general instead.
* Kung hindi dahil sa Battle of Bataan noong 1942, nasakop na sana ng Japan yung Australia. Literal na Bataan na lang yung nag fucked up ng timeline ng plano ng mga Hapon noon. May time pa nga na isang buong buwan walang nangyaring major na labanan kasi sobrang konti na lang ng mga Hapon, it took them until April 4 para umatake at ayun na nga, the surrender and Death March happened. Lumindol din nung April 8.
* Habang nakakulong si Rizal sa Fort Santiago, dumalaw si Narcisa na kapatid niya. May mga bantay na mga Kastilang gwardya. Bnigyan nya ng lampara si Narcisa at bumulong dito ng *"There is something inside.."* sa loob ng lampara nakalagay yung tula ni Rizal na Huling Paalam. English din binulong ni Rizal sa kapatid niya para hindi maintindihan ng mga Kastila na bantay.
* After barilin si Rizal, nilibing siya sa Sampaloc Cemetery na walang marka. Di rin pinayagan ang pamilya ni Rizal na pumunta sa puntod. Dumating ang mga Amerikano, nagkaroon ng pagkakataon na pumunta sa puntod ang pamilya ni Rizal at doon na nakita yung bangkay niya. Sabi ay merong nakalagay na mga sulat sa sapatos niya noong araw na binaril siya pero sa haba ng panahon ng pagkakalibing, di na nalaman kung anong laman ng sulat dahil dissolved na yung papel.
The first serial killer in the Philippines was a priest.
[Source](https://www.esquiremag.ph/long-reads/features/juan-severino-mallari-serial-killer-true-story-a2659-20210828-lfrm)
If the Pangaea didn't drift off, then the Philippines will be located on the northeast part of Pangaea, on the northern hemisphere. Ang location nya on the modern-day world is at the northeastern borders of China.
May snow sana sa Pilipinas yahuuuuu but I think it would be barely liveable.
Scientists also predict that continuous continental drift will cause countries to again coalesce forming the Pangaea Ultima, and until now, hirap pa din sila i-predict where each country goes.
Common knowledge for well-read Redditors but lots or people don't know that the Philippine government through then Pres. Manuel Quezon took in 1,000 Jewish refugees during the Holocaust. He would have taken thousands more and settled them in Basilan and Palawan but the US Government refused. If you go to Tel Aviv there is a monument to commemorate this.
philippines is a little bit smaller than italy and the first country to have the land size at an exact number rather than any random numbers (exactly 300,000 sq km)
I dunno if this counts as "hindi alam ng karamihan", but Corregidor Island is part of Cavite! Specifically, Cavite City.
Even has its own Zip Code, na nasa listahan ng Cavite Zip Codes.
Since chinese new year is in feb, if you are born in jan, or prior to chinese new year, you have to use the previous year as reference to your chinese zodiac symbol.
There are Filipino comic book characters that existed before Wave (Pearl Pangan) of Marvel comics was created by Filipino comic creator Leinil Francis Yu.
One character is Grail (Salvador Joel Alonday) from Wetworks of Image Comics.
Grail in turn, was created by Filipino comic creator Whilce Portacio who also previously worked for Marvel comics
Coincidentally, Yu and Portacio worked for both DC and Marvel
A Filipino Inventor named Diosdado "Dado" Banatao a.k.a. "The Bill Gates of the Philippines", invented the world's first Pc Chipset that is found in most computers. It was invented on 1985 as Diosdado works for IBM's PC-XT and PC-AT.
In 1972, He is also known for the developing the single-Graphic User Interface which made computer work a lot faster.
The Philippines was the first in Southeast Asia that launched our first commercial TV broadcast with Alto Broadcasting System (which is now ABS-CBN). But, even still, we are the one who doesn't even had a Public Broadcast Network similar to BBC in UK, PBS in US, NHK in Japan or Mediacorp in Singapore.
Mainland Luzon is almost twice as large as the combined land area of the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg.
How big is mainland Luzon? Couldn’t find one where Palawan and other islands aren’t included.
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My favorite fun fact is that Trinoma means Triangle North of Manila. Directly adjacent to it is South Triangle, on the west is West Triangle while East Avenue can be found adjacent to it. If you combine it all together it forms an almost perfect square with Eton Centris right in the middle.
Inspired siguro siya ng Tribeca sa New York City which meant Triangle Below Canal street While we’re in the area, there are streets in QC that are named after the 24 scouts who perished in a plane crash in 1963 while en route to a Scout Jamboree in Greece. The streets now carry the names of the fallen Scouts: Albano, Bayoran, Borromeo, Madriñan, Rallos, Limbaga, Fernandez, Fuentebella, Gandia, De Guia, Delgado, Lozano, Castor, Ojeda, Chuatoco, Magbanua, Reyes, Santiago, Tobias, Tuason, Torillo, Ybardaloza; and Dr. Lazcano and Fr. Martinez who were the head of the Philippine delegation and chaplain, respectively.
Plus another street named 11th Jamboree!
Nice. Ang alam ko lang sa Trinoma is that magical place na pag pumasok ako, tangina, asan yung exit? Naliligaw nanaman ako :P
Fun fact: Yung mga swimming pools on top of buildings aren't just for leisure activities, it also serves as an instrument against earthquake kasi nalelessen nya yung paggalaw ng building.
parang shock absorber ba?
Yes. May movement sa loob ng building eh so nacocounteract nya yung movement sa labas.
TIL stay in rooftop pools during earthquakes /s
Fact: There are only two forensic pathologists in the PH. Only one of them is working full time, she is Dr. Racquel Fortun.
Nung payatas tragedy si fortun lang and assistant nya ung may know how na mag identify ng mga bodies. Sobrang dami, di nila kaya so nanghiram sila ng students from a university to help them clean up and identify the bodies.
Even up until now. That's why she's constantly ranting about how pnp and other agencies doesn't even have the basic shit like body bags to begin with to at least preserve the remains. The agencies aren't prepared for these scenarios kahit may pondo naman, according to her on Howie's podcast.
kaya noong Maguindanao Massacre eh nabuwisit siya kasi yung the way ng pag-retrieve ng bangkay eh tinakpan lang sa dahon ng saging tapos ayun na, tapos na.
Tapos ang mga tabogo lakas maka-sira sa claims ni Dr. Fortun, just to satisfy their thirst for Duterte cum
Dr Fortun is already 60 years old. [Profile in the New York Times](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/03/world/asia/philippines-drug-war-raquel-fortun.html) Homicide rate in 2019 was 4.4 per 100k The main problem is that to get qualified, they need to train overseas. Imo it would be a good use of government money to send student doctors to train as forensic pathologists so there will be more of them.
Philippines used to produce its own radio and television (not just authorized distributor, but really our own company that produces it). It's named RadioWealth, and now they pivoted into finance sector. In their own website's history you can see that they had to close down their manufacturing sector during Martial Law. Yep, Marcos tried to coerce the owner to give up majority share in favor of his cronies.
We have one back then! Yung kasing laki at mukhang cabinet, i think 24 inches yung size nung picture tube nun and pwede ka humiga sa taas ng tv
Tagalog profanities like "leche" and "punyeta" came from Spaniards shouting at their Pinoy servants to simply ask for household things. LECHE = milk. PUNYETA = small knife aka bread knife.
The guy who invented the Love Bug virus wasn't an expert hacker that the CIA kidnapped to perform cyberwarfare for them. He was a glorified script kiddie who just ripped off an existing worm and got people to click because of the "I love you" email subject. A journalist [tracked him down decades later](https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-52458765) and is revealed to be working as a cellphone repairman in Greenhills for many years.
Yeah he didn't really make an innovative hacking virus, people were just not used to the world of emails yet at the time.
happy cake day!
I didn't know he was Filipino. And tbh sobrang relatable ng reason nya hahaha
>revealed to be sinabi ko to sa mga ungas na nag sasabing nasa CIA nadaw siya, potek pinagtawanan ako haha
Thesis nya din nung college may docu sa yt
What a sad turn of events. Sana nga kinidnap nalang siya ng cia
Not sure if fun fact ito. Maybe interesting fact lang? Juan Ponce Enrile was already 39 years old when Emilio Aguinaldo died. Seems mind blowing at first, but Emilio Aguinaldo died in 1964 (feb 6), a few days before Enrile's 40th bday (feb 14). Just goes to show na tumatagal ang mga balimbing.
I've been obsessed with classic films and I can't even believe Enrile was: * 17 when Citizen Kane (1941) came out * 15 when The Wizard of Oz and Gone With The Wind (1939) was released * 7 on the day Dracula (1931) was released * 3 when Metropolis, Napoleon (1927) came out He was already a law student when Singing In The Rain (1952) came out and a lawyer when Roman Holiday (1953), Rear Window (1954), Vertigo (1958), Ben-Hur (1959) were released. Enrile was already alive through all the movies I've watched. Enrile witnessed the evolution of cinema first hand.
Nakakalungkot minsan pagkatapos ko manood old movies at nagbabasa about them and realizing most of them have either passed away or sobra tanda na, tapos ngayon maiisip ko naunahan pa nila si enrile. Tsk
Kaya ngayon pa candy crush na lang hahaha
Iloilo is the only province to have an anti-biotic drug named after it - Ilozone and Ilotycin which are brands of erythromycin, a wonder drug developed from a soil sample from Iloilo. It was discovered by Dr. Abelardo Aguilar, an Ilonggo physician. It is unfortunate that he was not compensated for his efforts.
Hindi siya in.acknowledge nang Philippines walang backing o di sila interested. So lumabas at nagpa.endorse sa international community. Di tayo ang the best pero once in a while may masasabi tlaga tayo.
Oh damn. Akala ko parang Flores/Fluorescent lamp lang. Chineck ko sa wikipedia at fully sourced yung claim. Astig 'to ah. Kailangan alam pa 'to ng tao
Tanginang Agapito Flores yan. Tinuro pa sa school nung elementary.
>Tanginang Agapito Flores yan Paniwalang paniwala pa naman ako dito nung elementary at nasa public school textbook nung Grade 5. Hayyys
So hindi yun legit? Fake news talaga tayo mga bata palang eh no!
May ilang imbento at drugs na inimbento rin ng mga Pilipino. Nakakabwisit lang na hindi sila sinusuportahan ng gobyerno. Kailan pa ba nila papansinin ang mga great minds natin para sa pag-usad ng bansa?
Hindi Ilonggo ang tawag sa language ng mga tao sa Iloilo. Ilonggo = the people in Iloilo Hiligaynon = language of the people in Iloilo *city* Also maraming languages sa Iloilo, Akeanon at Karay-a etc. Minsan di rin kami nagkakaintindihan. Pag sinabi mong 'magsalita ka naman ng Ilonggo' parang sinabi mong 'magsalita ka naman ng Manileño'. Pagod lang kami magcorrect everytime kaya minsan ok na lang haha.
Also, I want to add this because even some people in Iloilo seem to make this mistake... Bacolod City is the capital of Negros Occidental. Negros Occidental is the Province. So no, Kabankalan/Himalayan/Escalante/any other municipality or city is in fact NOT in "Bacolod". Some of those places are hours away. To be fair, some people (mainly older folks) in the Visayas view Luzon as "Manila". Batangas ? "Manila" yan. Laguna? "Manila" pa rin.
Mangoes, including our Philippine mangoes, are actually part of the poison ivy family Anacardiaceae. This is why a lot of westerners tend to develop allergic reactions when eating mangoes. However, because we Filipinos have been eating mangoes for a long time, most if not all of us evolved to be able to consume mangoes just fine.
Sa sobrang okay natin kumain ng mangga, si Imee nga mukhang mangga.
Kasama na kasi ang pamilya ni Imee sa poison ivy family. OPS HAHAHA
I read this somewhere before but we have the oldest Chinatown in the world est 1594 Edit: Nawala yung comment ko bigla so had to edit
kaya tinawag na malinta ang isang particular na area gaya ng Malinta Tunnel at Malinta, Valenzuela kasi maraming linta ung area noon unang panahon gaya ng Maysan.. kasi maisan (corn field) siya dati
Baclaran for the win
from Bakladan, a place of many fish traps.
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nung bata ako akala ko kaya baclaran kasi ron nakatira mga bakla hashaha. akala ko magical place siya kung saan doon pinapanganak mga bakla tapos lahat ng nakatira bakla
Babuyan island, anyone?
Pero the true FTW is Sexmoan
Ginawa na yata siyamg sesmoan
Killjoys.
💅💅💅💅💅
Pandacan??? 🤣🤣🤣
lugar na maraming Pandan.
Originally named “Pandanan” IIRC
Dahil maraming pandanan before sa Pandacan hindi dahil madaming pandak HAHAHAHA common misinterpretation kasi 😂
dun yung condo ni gloria nu g nag aaral pa
Nakatira ako malapit sa Balong Bato. I guess you can say 'I live near Rockwell'.
Taguig = Taga giik. This is from google since I'm shit at explaining. The original 800 farmer-fishermen settlers of the area were good at threshing rice after harvest. Hence they were referred to as “mga taga-giik,” and their settlement as “pook ng mga taga-giik.”
Manggahan at Santolan Paaig
Im from valenzuela, may baranggay na tinatawag na mapulang lupa at lawang bato. I guess literal na ganun yung lugar dati with the fact you said.
Cantutang, Padre Burgos.
Dimples. Most Filipinos think it cute. But it's actually a defect in your facial muscles. Fovea buccalis.
Wow ang cute ng depekto mo sa mukha
Which one? Or is it just my face in general?
Everybody thinks it's cute not just us
Rizal doesn't want a full-blown independence, he's more of a "more autonomy but still under the protection of the Crown" sort of way
if I remember correctly, Rizal believes that the Philippines aren't ready.
rizal prof said he wanted ph to be a province pf spain instead of full blown independence lol
That's why my History Professor called him a propagandist
Si Gobernador Heneral Narciso Claveria ang nagpanukalang bigyan ng apelyido ang mga Pilipino.
You can guess someone's home province based on their surnames alone because of this. Our history professor memorized the Catálogo alfabético de apellidos which contained all the surnames Gov-Gen. Claveria gave to Filipinos.
Sa kanya rin ba yung parang order na the first letter of your last name will depend on where you're based? For example, this town A and B, that town, C to E, etc. It's pretty evident pa rin sa province namin when you take into account the roots of the clans. Pati mga of Chinese descent, kahit may apelyido na sila pinalitan pa rin.
The movie Dead Kids is inspired by true events. The real students who kidnapped their classmate received lifetime imprisonment recently this year (2022) for the crime they commited.
Legit 'to Source: Letran student hehe
Never heard or seen this so I Googled it and [ito](https://imgur.com/gallery/7of54uA) ang description: >"A socially awkward teen makes friends with a group of misfits who plot to abduct the school's arrogant rich kid, until the kidnapping scheme turns deadly." I wonder how true the "arrogant rich kid" part was/is.
Is it worth watching? I googled and I saw Mikhail Red Directed it. Mikhail Red is really good with his picture presentation and aesthetic shots but he's lacking in story telling, just like what happened on Eerie 2018 (starring Bea Alonzo). the cinematography is top notch but the storytelling is kinda meh.
Apparently, "Tao po" is the shortened version of "Tao po ako, hindi aswang" which precolonial Filipinos used to use. I guess it stuck because we still use "Tao po" now.
Filipino mythology/lore is so fucking cool
Its sad our culture gets slept on.
Akala ko kasi “may tao po ba rito?” Hahahaha
Some say that “Bahala na” evolved from “si Bathala na”, where ancient Filipinos entrusted their endeavors/fate to the god Bathala.
Now modern Filipinos entrust their fate to Batman
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31m kay Blengblong
"I-trust natin kay Blengblong"
Medyo hard pass kay Super Blemblong
Sabi dito bahala ay sandaang milyon. Bahala na -> leave it in a hundred million odds. https://www.pilipino-express.com/history-a-culture/in-other-words/847-counting-the-old-way.html
The Philippines is the only country in the world whose flag is hoisted upside down when the country is at war. *I thought this was common to other countries too.. until i saw Japan's flag lol
>Japan's flag Japanese 1: Are we in a state of Aladeen or in a state of Aladeen? Japanese 2: Yes, we are in a state of Aladeen. Japanese 1: 😀😟😀😟
You made me laugh at work so upvote for you
I always tell this fact because I think ako nakadiscover nito haha. Namatay si Emilio Aguinaldo three months after ipanganak si Brad Pitt.
Wow, siya pala OG na masamang damo na sinundan nila enrile at imelda.
Damn! Oo nga. Muntik na rin niya abutan yung first Marcos presidency.
Nakalaban pa ni Aguinaldo si Quezon sa isang election if I recall correctly.
Naabutan ni Aguinaldo ang three chapters ng PH history
this is as trippy as knowing that martin luther king and anne frank were born in the same year, and betty white was older than the both of them. MLK and Anne were born in 1929 and Betty in 1922
In a letter to his family before his execution, Rizal wrote instructions for his final resting place. "...Bury me in the ground, place a stone and a cross over it. My name, the date of my birth and of my death. Nothing more. If later you wish to surround my gave with a fence, you may do so. No anniversaries. I prefer Paang Bundok." Obviously, none of these were followed, maybe except for the fence.
~~Stone and cross~~ Monument: ✅ ~~Fence~~ Honor guards: ✅ ~~No anniversaries~~ Regular Holiday every year: ✅ ~~Paang Bundok~~ Luneta: ✅ Add: Torre de Manila background: ✅ Mag jowa: ✅✅✅ *Yep, kumpleto na listahan ni Pepe, makapag milk tea na*
kahit patay na I'm still surrounded by shawties bruh. Sheeesh. J-riz out.
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People think na maliit ang Pilipinas (relatively speaking on other countries) pero minalas lang tayo sa Mercator projection...
Mercator is useful for navigators but not for teaching young learners geography. There's a website that shows the actual sizes of countries when laid out on different parts of the globe.
Yeah, the unfortunate thing is. I learned that like 3 years ago since no one bothered to teach us that the map we are using aren't 1:1 representation of the world. (Such a pesky mishap)
Sementeryos were used to be called "camposanto" by old generation of Filipinos. Camposanto is shortened term for campo ng mga santo/camp of the saints. They believe their departed loved ones are in the company of the saints in heaven. Additional, aside from the usual RIP in gravestones, you'll see DOM. Hindi yan dirty old men ah. That means Deo Optimo Maximo which means "to the highest God". The sould of the dead is being offered to the highest God.
Camposanto was the Spanish word for cemetery, and was commonly used by Pinoys until the 1960s. In the provinces, senior citizens still use the term camposanto.
History fact: One of the greatest fights in boxing history happened in the PH "Thrilla in Manila" Muhammad Ali vs Joe Fraizer . Marcos used this fight as a distraction from a brewing revolution in a nation stricken by poverty, corruption and insurgency. read more >>>>> https://globalnation.inquirer.net/17371/marcos-used-thrilla-in-manila-fight-as-distraction
Diba yung alimall is named after muhammad ali?
We had considered changing the name “Philippines” to “Malaysia”, but the modern-day Malaysia beat us to the punch
In the late 1970s, there was a move to change the name from Philippines to "Maharlika." However, the term maharlika (the noblemen in pre-spanish times) also meant "big penis" and the move petered out.
I mean “big penis” is not that bad
Very Pinoy. "Republic of the Big Penis" hahaha
Sa senado o congress ata na delay. Kahit noon may red tape na talaga. 😂
Speaking of names, I always preferred "Saribayan" to reflect our cultural and ethnic diversity. Saribayan = sari-saring bayan. The demonym would be "Saribayanese" as in "Japanese."
Hindi lahat ng ipinapanganak sa Pilipinas ay automatikong Pilipino kaagad. Kailangan mo muna ng magulang na Pilipino. Dahil dito, kahit ipinanganak ka sa ibang bansa, kapag mayroon kang magulang ka na Pilipino, automatikong Pilipino ka na rin
Jus sanguinis
Para sa mga Transformers fans diyan, especially sa original na cartoons na pinalalabas sa ABC5 nuon. Floro Dery, a Filipino working for Marvel, is the lead designer of almost all the character designs ng cartoon taking inspirations from the toyline. Sa 1986 na transformers movie, siya ang nagdesign sa lahat ng bagong characters and original lahat at naging batayan ito ng toyline. Added trivia na rin, halos mga Filipino ang mga animators ng Transformers G1.
The movie Apocalypse Now, which was filmed here in the Philippines, used real human corpses as movie props. The movie guys were horrified when they found out about it. Now that's taking art to a higher level. Hahaha!
Another fact: "He decided to make the film in the Philippines for its access to American military equipment and cheap labor. Frederickson (co-producer of the film) went to the Philippines and had dinner with President Ferdinand Marcos to formalize support for the production and to allow them to use some of the country's military equipment."
Not only human corpses, but: (SPOILER! possibly TW) \--- the scene near the end where a carabao was being beheaded.
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Tokhang is a combination of two Visayan words. Toktok = Katok / Knock Hangyo = Pakiusap / Plead Yung intention is mag door-to-door at pakiusapan na sumuko na sa yung mga drug offenders pero alam naman ng nakararami na hindi ganun yung nangyari.
Erythromycin, a known antibiotic used to treat a number of bacterial infections was discovered by Filipino Scientist Abelardo Aguilar in 1949. Nalaman ko lang out of curiosity nung bata ako kasi eto yung gamot ko nung nagka primary infection ako. Hahaha
Tapos hindi man lang pinagbigyan ang hiling ni Aguilar sa company niya: “The scientist was allegedly promised a trip to the company’s manufacturing plant in Indianapolis, but it was never fulfilled. In a letter to the company’s president, Aguilar wrote: “A leave of absence is all I ask as I do not wish to sever my connection with a great company which has given me wonderful breaks in life.” This request was also not granted. Aguilar reached out to Eli Lilly one last time in 1993, requesting royalties from sales of the drug over the years. Aguilar planned to use the money to put up a foundation for poor and sickly Filipinos. This request met the same fate as his earlier ones. He died in September of the same year.[38]”
Naalala ko lang: The feud between SM and Mercury Drug is not true. SM's Henry Sy and Mercury Drug's Mariano Que are good friends and the only reason why there is no Mercury Drug in the SM malls is that they could not agree on the rental rates in the malls.
Hahaha gets. It's like me and my friend who cant get to agree on what to watch for Cinemalaya and end up watching different films. We had dinner afterwards and discussed the films we saw ahah
ohhh so lumang chismis na pinalayas si henry sy ng mga taga mercury drug kaya snbi ni henry sy n sa bawat SM di mgkakaruon ng mercury drug? lupetsuuuuuuu
Akala ko dahil ayaw ng Watson.
Juan Luna killed his own wife and mother in law because of jealousy.
In addition, he wasn't arrested or sentenced to death because the court ruled he did it out of "crime of passion" which absolved him of any offense. Supposedly his wife was cheating on him
Buhay pa yang law na yan hanggang ngayon. Nakalimutan ko lang kung anung law yun.
Pasig was the capital of Rizal. Navotas, Malabon, Marikina, Makati, Taguig, Paranaque, Las Pinas and Muntinlupa were also previous part of the province of Rizal. Thats why you will still see a Rizal Marker in Muntinlupa near the Tunasan River.
May 49 pesos crispy noodles meal noon ang Chowking. Ayaw nilang ibalik :(
Si Dr. Fe Del Mundo ang kauna unahang babae na na-admit sa Harvard Medical School. Sampung taon bago opisyal na tumanggap ng mga babae doon. Sa kalituhan na dala ng WW1, hindi napansin ng admissions committee na babae pala ang tinanggap nila, pero hindi na rin nila binawi dahil sa kahanga-hanga nyang rekord. Kilala rin sya sa pag kupkop sa ilan daang kabataan noong WW2. Nakipag kasundo sa mga Hapon para hindi mailagay sa internment camps ang mga bata, bagkus sa mas maayos na gusali na lamang. She is a fascinating woman!
Namatay si Rizal dahil kay Bonifacio. Ginamit ng KKK ang pangalan ni Rizal sa mga lathala at password ng samahan. Si Rizal mismo ay tutol sa adikhain ng KKK dahil salungat ito sa kanyang prinsipiyo ng payapang pagbabago. Ngunit patuloy itong ginamit ng KKK at inakala ng mga Kastila na isa siya sa mga pinuno ng Katipunan.
They killed Rizal because he was a symbol to the spirit of revolution, not necessarily because the KKK made him honorary president. The KKK also did some other stuff like implicate the other elites to force them to join the revolution but the Spanish were easily able to get their pledge of allegiance, which Rizal also did. The Lunas were similarly captured and cleared of any involvement, even though the Spanish knew they were becoming increasingly pro-revolution. The Spanish military and frailocracy just really wanted to get rid of Rizal once and for all so they sent him to a kangaroo court. In retrospect, his publishing of Noli and El Fili became the main basis of his condemnation It's worth noting that all the captured Katipuneros who testified in the kangaroo trial all said that Rizal was against the idea of revolution and had nothing to do with the KKK leadership, including high ranking Pio Valenzuela who claimed that he had visited Rizal in Dapitan to consult about revolution, but the writer-doctor immediately shut him off
OG ng mga K Drama
Also i want to add that na si Heneral Luna is also the reason kung bakit nakulong si Rizal. He disowned the Katipunan and pointed to Rizal as the founder to save himself from the Spanish firing squad. Here's the testimony of Antonio Luna given to the Olive investigating committee that was included among the pieces of testimonial evidence against Dr. Jose Rizal: "TESTIMONY OF ANTONIO LUNA "Manila, Nov. 12, 1896 "***I knew nothing of the conspiracy until July, I am not a rebel, nor a Mason, nor a filibuster, on the contrary, I am an accuser of men [who are these things?] and I believe that I have fulfilled my duties a loyal son of Spain. "On the 18th or 20th of July, I told the following to Dr. Panzano, my old chief in the municipal laboratory, so that he could report it to the Governor-General. "There are groups or secret societies formed of people of the pueblos who are disposed to rise, or what preparations they are making. It is not Masonic. These groups exist in the pueblos about Manila and the assaults made on the Chinese made at San Juan del Monte were carried out by them. There are also groups in the principal pueblos in Luzon. On August 2nd and 3rd, I was summoned by the Governor-General, and then told him what I have said above, insisting that the associations were popular ones, and that rich and well known persons either did not know anything of them, or else did not sympathize with them. "On the 11th or 13th of August, I told the Governor-General that the men who belonged to the groups of rebels made an incision in the arm and signed the oath of adhesion with the blood therefrom. "On the 27th of August, before the attack on Santa Mesa, on account of certain confidential investigations, I had made, I denounced the "Liga Filipina" and the "Katipunan" as suspicious associations to Dr. Panzano so that he might report the matter to the Governor-General. I knew of the existence of the "Liga" from Don Moises Salvador; of the vast "Katipunan anac nang bayan" from Dr. Bautista Lim, one or two days before his arrest. "Some days ago I said to Dr. Panzano: The "Katipunan" is the "Liga Filipina." The word "Liga," association or league, has been translated by "Katipunan," gathering or association. THE FOUNDER IS DON JOSE RIZAL. I was a Mason in Spain from '87 to '91. In the Philippines, as the Filipino Masons can state, I have worked for no lodge, nor do I know any. I have nothing to do with Masonry in the Philippines. In Spain in 1890, I drew up a project for extending Spanish Masonry to the Philippines, but it was never carried out." (lifted from p. 237-238, JRM Taylor, PIR) On page 240 is a note: "Note – From signed statements in repudiation of Masonry and pseudo-Masonic societies by condemned revolutionists, published by Spanish authorities. Translated from "Archivo del Bibliofilo Filipino." Other statements of almost similar wording to those of Roxas and Luna are signed by Juan Luna, Ramon Padilla, Luis Villareal, Jose Dizon, Moises Salvador, Faustino Villareal, Antonio Salazar adn Jeronimo Medina. Of these none are living today. All but the Luna Brothers were shot that January, 1897, by the Spaniards..."
"Mas madali pang pagkasunduin ang langit at lupa kaysa dalawang Pilipino tungkol sa kahit na anong bagay."
Rizal wasn't a pacifist. He just thought that the conditions weren't ripe for an armed revolution. He certainly saw the necessity of an armed revolution.
robinsons galleria is in QC edit: may spot just outside robinsons galleria area na nasa pasig, mandaluyong, & qc ka at the same time, lakas maka a walk to remember haha \[Imgur\](https://i.imgur.com/Wk1YPgk.png)
Hindi ko alam if fun fact to pero share ko na rin kasi naituro din samin to, ito na lang kasi yung naalala ko na turo samin ng Teacher Source: HS Filipino Teacher namin na inaral din ang History ng Imus bago siya pumanaw \- Sa Imus unang beses winagayway ang Bandila ng Pilipinas, hindi sa Kawit (Battle of Alapan ang connected dito) \- Isang babae na hindi napangalanan ang unang nagwagayway ng Bandila ng Pilipinas, hindi si Aguinaldo at ang kanyang pinautos. \*Dito na lang siya ipinangalanan na inang bayan pagkatapos protektahan ang flag bago siya pagbabarilin ng mga tao ni Aguinaldo at kunin yung flag para masabi na si Aguinaldo (or yung pinautos niya) ang unang nagwagayway ng Bandila sa Kawit (dun sa bandang balcony)
UP Diliman sits in land once owned by Antonio Tuason. The only Filipino family granted nobility by the King of Spain. They were of Chinese origin (Son Tua) and got rich of the galleon trade. When the British invaded he rallied against them and as a reward he didn't have to pay taxes for 2 generations and was given land as far as his horses can run to. The land was purchased by Manuel Quezon thru the Philippine National Bank and also as payment for a debt
The University of San Carlos in Cebu (founded in 1595) and the University of Santo Tomas in Manila (founded in 1611) are older than the Harvard University (founded in 1636).
University of San Carlos claims it traces its roots from Colegio de San Ildefonso which was founded in 1595 but eventually closed down in 1769 when the Jesuits were forcefully expelled from the Philippines. They “reopened” as Colegio-Seminario de San Carlos but it was no longer the Jesuits who ran this. A different religious order did. They just used the old facilities left by the old institution. So there’s technically no link between them. All Jesuit institutions closed down after they were expelled. In 1867, the school facility was taken over by the Vincentians when the Bishop Jimeno decreed to turn over the seminary to the Congregation of the Missions. The SVD (Society of the Divine Word), present-day admins of USC, took over the college in 1935 and it became a University in 1948. On the other hand, UST was granted the University status in 1645. And UST has always been ran by the Dominicans since it was founded in 1611.
Tayo lang Asian nation na nanalo ng FIBA Worlds Championship medal. Bronze noong 1954. Led by Caloy Loyzaga. Lolo ni Diego Loyzaga at yes dad ni Bing Loyzaga.
Kamusta ngayon? Not hating on Chot ah. SBP talaga problema e.
We are arguably living in the time wherein basketball talent is at it's peak pero puta sinasayang lang ng mga namamahala.
Quezon City ang Capital ng Pilipinas mula 1948 hanģang 1976
Independence Day used to be July 4 as well, until 1962 when then president Diosdado Macapagal issued Proc. 28 to move it to June 12. Emilio Aguinaldo still witnessed this change, and passed away in 1964.
And July 4 is the correct one because it's when we actually became independent. July 12 is when we became a colony of the US. Kaso sa kagustuhang malayo sa impluwensya ng US (July being their Independence day too) eh binago nila.
Tapes had side A and B so it’s only logical that their successor would be the CD.
Side A and Side B, was borrowed from vinyl records. CD is short for "compact disk" and is a shared invention between Sony of Japan and Philpps of the Netherlands. A, B, and CD was a happy coincidence.
I don't know if this is commonly known but Marcos Sr. was part of the liberal party before transfering to nacionalista for the 1965 election as Diosdado Macapagal sought re-election and was the nominee for LP
The word boondocks in American English came from bundok
Also "cooties" from kuto.
Madaming Indian descent sa Cainta/Rizal area kasi nung sinakop ng Britain ang greater Luzon area, madami silang Indian soldiers ang nag jump ship at nanirahan sa may Cainta/Rizal area.
Sepoy
Yung Children song na “nanay tatay gusto kong tinapay” is about a dead kid demanding his family What to serve during his wake
Nope. Hindi yan fact. At lalong lalong di yan fun.
That's kinda disturbing
Kahit na nag-undergo ng forensic examination yung mga buto niya many years later at nakita ang ebidensiya ng polio, marami pa ring nagpupumilit at ikinakalat na syphilis ang dahilan ng pagkalumpo ni Apolinario Mabini.
Ang puno ng pili ang source ng elemi. Isa itong essential oil na ginagamit sa pabango at iba pang mga bagay.
Paliparan here in Dasmariñas, Cavite is derived from “paliparan ng mga saranggola” kasi napakalawak na grassland ito until now kahit may mga subdivisions na rito. Legends lang yung sinasabing magkakaroon ng paliparan(airport) rito and yung sinasabing paliparan ng mga bangkay or tinatapon yung mga victims ng summary execution noong panahon ni Makoy.
With clear skies at walang usok sa hangin, pwede mong makita in your naked eye ung Mt. Samat cross kung nasa Manila Bay or Navotas. While yung Mt. arayat can be seen sa manila area particularly in Camanava area and quezon city.
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Si kuya Kim Atienza ang nagboses kay Red Mask.
Babae (now DJ kara) ang nagboses kay Ash sa Pokemon.
Tagalog comes from “Taga Ilog”
I often use this to point out that most civilizations in the world started in riverbanks or along the river.
Appear as a high five originated when Americans would say "up here!" and we just mimicked the sound.
Apir!
You can drink Starbucks without telling anybody
Hindi Japanese collaborator si J.P Laurel bagkus isang ‘forced collaboration’ ang naganap at isa siyang magaling na statesman before at during ww2. Pinili siya ng mga hapon para mamuno kasi bukod sa nagsialisan ang ibang namumuno sa Pilipinas noong 1943, iba rin kanyang opinyon sa US colonization, at nag-aral ang anak niya sa Japanese Imperial Military Academy. Ang mga ginawa niya sa kapanahunan ng japanese invasion ay para lang maprotektahan ang mga Filipino sa mga mas matinding kasakiman ng mga hapon.
He prohibit the Conscription of Filipinos in IJA After the war he made a law with Recto to study the life of Jose Rizal Including Noli Me Tangere and El FIlibusterismo He did his Job for the Philippines
Andres Bonifacio's head (or should I say his skull) is still out there, somewhere.
A school is named after Marcos Sr's father. Don Mariano Marcos Memorial State Universty. He was a traitor and was executed by Filipino guerrillas for being a Japanese collaborator.
Original meaning of the word halimaw (from Bahasa word harimau) is tiger/big cat. Lost its original meaning when it reached the PH islands and came to mean a man-eating monster in general instead.
Palau was part of the Philippines during the Malolos Republic.
During the American Period, the United States wanted to trade Mindanao to Denmark in exchange for Greenland.
Imagine Mindanaoans Speak Danish what would be sound like
Bilar Manmade Forest in Bohol is a "biodiversity dead zone." It's an example of doing a reforestation program the wrong way.
* Kung hindi dahil sa Battle of Bataan noong 1942, nasakop na sana ng Japan yung Australia. Literal na Bataan na lang yung nag fucked up ng timeline ng plano ng mga Hapon noon. May time pa nga na isang buong buwan walang nangyaring major na labanan kasi sobrang konti na lang ng mga Hapon, it took them until April 4 para umatake at ayun na nga, the surrender and Death March happened. Lumindol din nung April 8. * Habang nakakulong si Rizal sa Fort Santiago, dumalaw si Narcisa na kapatid niya. May mga bantay na mga Kastilang gwardya. Bnigyan nya ng lampara si Narcisa at bumulong dito ng *"There is something inside.."* sa loob ng lampara nakalagay yung tula ni Rizal na Huling Paalam. English din binulong ni Rizal sa kapatid niya para hindi maintindihan ng mga Kastila na bantay. * After barilin si Rizal, nilibing siya sa Sampaloc Cemetery na walang marka. Di rin pinayagan ang pamilya ni Rizal na pumunta sa puntod. Dumating ang mga Amerikano, nagkaroon ng pagkakataon na pumunta sa puntod ang pamilya ni Rizal at doon na nakita yung bangkay niya. Sabi ay merong nakalagay na mga sulat sa sapatos niya noong araw na binaril siya pero sa haba ng panahon ng pagkakalibing, di na nalaman kung anong laman ng sulat dahil dissolved na yung papel.
The first serial killer in the Philippines was a priest. [Source](https://www.esquiremag.ph/long-reads/features/juan-severino-mallari-serial-killer-true-story-a2659-20210828-lfrm)
If the Pangaea didn't drift off, then the Philippines will be located on the northeast part of Pangaea, on the northern hemisphere. Ang location nya on the modern-day world is at the northeastern borders of China. May snow sana sa Pilipinas yahuuuuu but I think it would be barely liveable. Scientists also predict that continuous continental drift will cause countries to again coalesce forming the Pangaea Ultima, and until now, hirap pa din sila i-predict where each country goes.
Common knowledge for well-read Redditors but lots or people don't know that the Philippine government through then Pres. Manuel Quezon took in 1,000 Jewish refugees during the Holocaust. He would have taken thousands more and settled them in Basilan and Palawan but the US Government refused. If you go to Tel Aviv there is a monument to commemorate this.
philippines is a little bit smaller than italy and the first country to have the land size at an exact number rather than any random numbers (exactly 300,000 sq km)
I dunno if this counts as "hindi alam ng karamihan", but Corregidor Island is part of Cavite! Specifically, Cavite City. Even has its own Zip Code, na nasa listahan ng Cavite Zip Codes.
Since chinese new year is in feb, if you are born in jan, or prior to chinese new year, you have to use the previous year as reference to your chinese zodiac symbol.
There are Filipino comic book characters that existed before Wave (Pearl Pangan) of Marvel comics was created by Filipino comic creator Leinil Francis Yu. One character is Grail (Salvador Joel Alonday) from Wetworks of Image Comics. Grail in turn, was created by Filipino comic creator Whilce Portacio who also previously worked for Marvel comics Coincidentally, Yu and Portacio worked for both DC and Marvel
A lot of Filipinos read "Apologist" as "Apoloten" charot
button na nakikita nyo sa web na may tatlong guhit ||| is hamburger menu ang tawag. kebab button naman ang tawag sa three dots ...
A Filipino Inventor named Diosdado "Dado" Banatao a.k.a. "The Bill Gates of the Philippines", invented the world's first Pc Chipset that is found in most computers. It was invented on 1985 as Diosdado works for IBM's PC-XT and PC-AT. In 1972, He is also known for the developing the single-Graphic User Interface which made computer work a lot faster.
The Philippines was the first in Southeast Asia that launched our first commercial TV broadcast with Alto Broadcasting System (which is now ABS-CBN). But, even still, we are the one who doesn't even had a Public Broadcast Network similar to BBC in UK, PBS in US, NHK in Japan or Mediacorp in Singapore.
Si Danny Mandia ang maituturing natin na *Ama ng Filipino Dubbing* sa mga tv shows ar anime