Here are some of the greatest facts that will surely make us more proud of being a Filipino.
1. In the Philippines, Filipinos were introduced to the English language In 1762 by British invaders, not Americans.
2. What is the world’s 3rd largest English-speaking nation, next to the USA and UK? The Philippines.
3. The USA bought the Philippines, Puerto Rico and Guam from Spain in 1898.
4. The Filipino-American Independence War from 1898 to 1902 ensued, Killing 4,234 Americans and how many Filipinos? 16,000 were killed in action And 200,000 died from famine and pestilence. (The Philippines lost and was Colonized until 1946.) Los Angeles, California was co-founded in 1781 by a Filipino named Antonio Miranda Rodriguez, along with 43 Latinos from Mexico sent by the Spanish government.
5. What antibiotic did Filipino doctor Abelardo Aguilar co-discover? Hint: Brand is Ilosone, named after Iloilo. Erythromycin.
6. The one-chip video camera was first made by Marc Loinaz, a Filipino Inventor from New Jersey.
7. The first ever international Grandmaster from Asia was Eugenio Torre Who won at the Chess Olympiad in Nice, France in 1974.
8. This son of two Filipino physicians scored over 700 on the verbal Portion of the Standardized Achievement Test (SAT) before age 13 – Kiwi Danao Camara of Punahou School, Hawaii… Edward Sanchez, a Mensa member, bagged the Grand prize in the first Philippine Search for Product Excellence in Information Technology.
9. Who was the Filipino-American dancer who scored a perfect 1600 on the SAT? Joyce Monteverde of California.
10. Who invented the fluorescent lamp?
The Porschelaine Doll 