A Japanese company once paid employees with bananas instead of money.
REAL! In 2018, DMM paid some employees in bananas as part of a campaign to promote healthy eating.
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Lion King
Famous sour soup uses tamarind as a base and is often cooked with pork shrimp, or fish.
Sinigang
This is the number of hours of sleep most adults need each night to feel rested.
7-9 hours
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Watermelon Sugar by Harry Styles
In the Philippines, there's a law that requires all public schools to play the national anthem only on Mondays to Fridays.
FAKE! The Flag and heraldic Code of the Philippines requires that the national anthem to be sung during flag ceremonies.
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Lord of the Rings
He is known as the "Brains of the Katipunan" and wrote the kartilya ng Katipunan.
Emilio Jacinto
Our natural hormone that helps regulate our sleep-wake cycle and is often disrupted by blue light from screens.
Melatonin
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Firework by Katy Perry
There's a species of jellyfish that biologically immortal-it can reverse it aging process.
REAL! The Turritopsis dohrnii a.k.a "the immortal jellyfish"
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Finding Nemo
This UNESCO World Heritage Site in the Philippines is known for its stunning subterranean river.
Puerto Princesa Underground River
What is the largest organ of the body?
Skin
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Jar of Hearts by Chris Perri
The Eiffel Tower grows about 15 cm taller every summer due to thermal expansion.
REAL! When the iron heats up in the summer it expands- making the Eiffel Tower grow by about 15 cm. It shrinks back in winter though.
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Transformers
She is the Philippines's first-ever Miss Universe titleholder, crowned in 1969.
Gloria Diaz
This organ controls everything you think, feel, and do.
Brain
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Billie Jean by Michael Jackson
Scientists once trained goldfish to drive a small vehicle on land.
REAL! In 2022, researchers at Ben-Gurion Univeristy built a tiny "car" for goldfish and trained them to navigate it and they actually learned.
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E.T
Often called the "Modern-Day Heroes" of the country.
OFWs
This is the number of hemisphere (halves) the brain has.
2
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Driver's License