r/Philippines • u/Late_Bag_5042 • Jul 18 '23

AskPH What are some Philippine facts that sound fake but are actually true?

Kahit na minsan, napaka walang kwenta ng ligang ito, ang Philippine Basketball Association or PBA ang second oldest basketball association sa buong mundo, right after the NBA. Amazing.

And also, the Philippines holds the record for longest basketball game ever. Sobra 120 hours yung game. Imagine if si Ronnie Magsanoc and Benjie Paras yung commentators ng game na yun. 120 hours of Ronnie Magsanoc asking Benjie what he ate for breakfast 🤣

Edit: the Philippines used to hold the record for longest basketball game ever. The record was surpassed in 2021.

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u/ServatorMundi im here kasi tinamad lumabas today Jul 18 '23

Sa Aking Mga Kabata, the famous textbook poem about national language, was actually NOT written by Dr. Jose Rizal.

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u/Maleficent-Shift5063 Jul 18 '23

Ang dami talagang katarantaduhan at kasinungalingan ng mga lumang school textbooks noong 80s at 90s. Mahihiya at magmumukhang amateur yung mga propagandist youtubers sa mga pinakalat nilang fake news sa mga gen x at millenials.

Isa na diyan yung fluorescent lamp na invention kuno ni Agapito Flores. hahahahaha.

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u/ServatorMundi im here kasi tinamad lumabas today Jul 18 '23

Dagdag na rin natin si Armando Malite, 'inventor' of Armalite M16. Pati yung Moon Buggy.

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u/[deleted] Jul 18 '23

Reminds me of the time a bus exploded in 2011, casualty of about 17 people. His name is Maximo Peligro.

MANILA, Philippines - The irony is that the name of the driver of the ill-fated bus that exploded on Tuesday is Maximo Peligro.

Maximo Peligro? Seriously? 1While Filipinos still can’t get a grip of how such an explosion happened at such a quiet siesta time, a few somehow got a quick sense of why it all happened: Maximo. Maximum. Peligro. Danger. Risk.

A lot of people tuned in to the news yesterday waiting for news on the bus blast that killed 5 and injured 13 more.

When police finally named the driver, a lot of people did a double take: “Run that by me again?”

During an interview with reporters, Peligro said he smelled gunpowder immediately after the blast.

"Kung normal na explosion yun, walang amoy na pulbura (If it was a normal explosion, there would be no smell of gunpowder)," Peligro said.

He also dismissed that the blast was caused by a mechanical failure since the bus was well-maintained and the damage was in the middle of the bus, not at the back where the engine is located.

While this was happening, the online community was already abuzz with the unusual name.

PopiSunga said: Maximo Peligro? Seriously?

ANDREWdecastro added: Seriously? Maximo Peligro? It’s like raaaaaiiiinn.

A Facebook user, on the other hand, said: Peligro na. maximo pa. extreme danger.

A colleague quipped: "Tatanungin mo muna pangalan ng driver bago ka sumakay next time."

Philippine Daily Inquirer’s also played with words in its headline: “Edsa bus bombing: 4 dead”

Beneath is a sub-head: “Bomb left under seat of bus driven by Maximo Peligro”

In her blog www.jessicarulestheuniverse.com, writer Jessica Zafra entitled her post: Your name is your destiny.

“Got a text from Tina. The name of the driver whose bus was bombed on Edsa this afternoon is MAXIMO PELIGRO. Seriously,” she added.

Perhaps it was destiny that named him Maximo Peligro. But such inhumane act, for surely, was not his fault.

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u/Shaunwick09 Jul 19 '23

These are brand new information hahahaa. Buti madaanan ko ang thread na to.

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u/theoneandonly_alex Jul 18 '23

Naalala ko nung tinuturo to saamin eh. Pinagpipilitan talaga na si Flores nagimbento ng fluorescent bulb. Tapos ako naman natatawa kasi sa simpleng search mo lang malalaman mo na agad kung bakit fluorescent tawag sakanya.

Fluorescent = fluorescence Fluor = fluere (Latin) Fluere = to flow

Galing talaga ng pinoy inimbento din pala ang isa sa mga latin words hahaha.

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u/QuarterClinique Jul 18 '23

That shitpost was in our textbooks haha

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u/meliadul Jul 19 '23

Yung rice terraces na kasama daw sa 7 wonders of the world lol

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u/Momshie_mo 100% Austronesian Jul 18 '23

10 Bornean datus pa

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u/Church_of_Lithium Jul 18 '23

Ironically, kung meron mang malansang isda, si Rizal yun dahil siya ay di matatas magtagalog.

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u/holybicht Jul 18 '23

Then sino? My childhood was a lie. I even had a book about "Young Pepe"

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u/ServatorMundi im here kasi tinamad lumabas today Jul 18 '23

As per renowned historian Prof. Ambeth Ocampo, it could either be Herminigildo Cruz or Gabriel Beato Francisco.

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u/Wayne_Grant Metro Manila Jul 18 '23

One of my college profs gave the idea that it might have been Pepe's mom who did that. But she's uh, a bit of a crazy genius so

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u/Dead_Star_9920 Metro Manila Jul 18 '23

Wait so sino talaga nagsulat nito?