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Filipino Trivia
Filipino Trivia
The Philippines has the longest accessible underground river in the world.
With a total membership exceeding 3 million, the Philippines has the third largest Boy
Scouts organization in the world, behind the United States and Indonesia.
Celerio appeared in "That's Incredible" and the Mel Griffin show where he played
music with a leaf. The Guinness Book of World Records said: "The only leaf player in
the world is in the Philippines". As a composer and lyricist, Celerio wrote more than
4,000 songs.
Sili King
The Guinness Book of World Records recognizes Eriberto Gonzales of Camalig, Albay
as the fastest chili eater. In the Philippines, he is known as the "Sili King". Gonzales
accomplished his feat in the "Sili-Eating Challenge 1999" in Bicol where he ate 350
pieces of sili in three minutes. (Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer)
In 1995, the Guinness Book of World records listed the Carabao Mango as the
sweetest fruit in the world. In the Philippines, mango ranks third among fruit crops in
production, next to banana and pineapple.
The Philippines is also one of the largest producers of coconut, cassava, mango,
pineapple, tilapia, tuna, shrimps, and prawns.
The Bible Also Mentions the Philippines
It can be easily understood that no verse in the Bible carried the term Philippines,
since the Bible was written two thousand years ago or centuries before the Spaniards
came here. However, there are verses in the Bible that prophesy about the Philippine
archipelago and other islands in the Pacific. In the chapter 24 of the Book of Isaiah,
verses 15 to 16 read "Therefore in the east give glory to the Lord; exalt the name of
the Lord, the God of Israel, in the islands of the sea. From the ends of the earth we
hear singing: 'Glory to the Righteous One.'" The Philippines is the only Christian
archipelago in the Pacific covering East Asia.
patis
Here is an account of how an enterprising lady discovered the fermentation of Patis.
Immediately after the war, the family of Ruperta David or Aling Tentay started a dried
fish business. One day, Aling Tentay stored in jars some salted fish that turned into
fragments even before they dried. While in jars, the fish fragments turned into a
liquid substance that tasted like our Patis today. Thus the beginning of the thriving
Patis business of Aling Tentay, which was officially registered in 1949 and is known
today as Tentay Food and Sauces Inc. (Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer)
**questionable facts
2. The Philippines has the largest Christian population in Asia. China actually has over
80 million Christians and is therefore the country with largest Christian population in
Asia.
5. Filipinos are the happiest people in the world. The World Values Survey conducted
by University of Michigan in 1998 ranked Iceland 1st and the Philippines 12th among
54 countries in happiness index. The Philippines was ranked first among Asian
countries though. The truth is happiness cannot be measured.