*The Tinguian or Integ people living in the mountainous northern
*Contrary to popular belief, the karaoke is a Filipino invention not Japanese. Karaoke meaning "singing without accompaniment" in Japanese was invented by Roberto del Rosario. He called his invention "Sing-Along-System", which was later called karaoke.
*The Philippine flag is the only flag in the world that is displayed upside-down when the country is in war. The blue portion is flown on top in time of peace and the red portion flown on top in war time.
*In the Philippine jungle, the yo-yo was first used as a weapon.
*The largest crocodile ever captured in the
*Aimee Carandang is the first Filipina to become a commercial plane pilot.
*After the
*The safest Philippine province geologically is
*The most popular month for weddings in the
*The first Filipino act to land a top hit on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart in the 1960s was the group Rocky Fellers of Manila.
*Latina-American pop star Christina Aguilera lost to Filipina vocalist Josephine Roberto aka Banig during the International Star Search years ago. In a mid-1999 MTV chat, she said that competing against someone of Banig's age was "not fair."
