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4:35 am
September 24, 2009
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pidyong
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Post edited 10:44 am – September 24, 2009 by pidyong
Kung me alam po tayong mga Trivia o karagdagang kaalam na
makakatulong sa atin…Halika po kayo at pagtulungan nating
dagdagan ang ating mga nalalaman….
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4:47 am
September 24, 2009
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Q. Which philippine president made official the design, colors and
size of the present Natinal flag?
A. Manuel L. Quezon, though an executive Order in 1936…
DID YOU KNOW?
flags have been used as symbols of tribal, national,and military
identity since ancient times.Carvings,painting,and writtings that have
survived from the early egyptian,assyrian,persian, and hebrew
civilization attest to the use of flags among those peoples…
Libya is the only country in the world with a one color national flag.
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7:13 pm
September 24, 2009
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Andres
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Post edited 7:09 am – September 25, 2009 by Andres
Fastest Animals in:
Air: Peregrine Falcon - dives at speeds over 200 MPH
Land: Cheetah – reaching speeds of 70 MPH (limited)
Water: Cosmopolitan Sailfish – swims at 68 MPH
DID YOU KNOW?
– that a Pigeon's feathers weigh more that it's bones.
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2:12 am
September 25, 2009
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pidyong
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Q. Why is an error or a mistake in a computer called a " BUG ? "
A. Because one of the earliest computer bugs was, in fact
a real bug. A moth got stuck in one of the relays of Mark I, one
of the first digital computers built at Harvard University in 1944,
and it stopped working. This prompted one of the Mark I's
programmers to begin calling all computer errors " BUGS."
Correcting such errors then known as " DEBUGGING."
DID YOU KNOW?
Not all insects are bugs. Technically , a bug is a particular kind
of insect belonging to the order Hemiptera,which are characterized
as having large front wings that are tough and leathery where they
are attached to the body and membranous at the tip. True bugs
may look like other insects except that they lack teeth and do not
chew; their mouth parts are adapted to piercing and sucking.
Those that are ladybugs , bedbugs and other beetles.
The moth is not a true bug….
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9:39 am
September 28, 2009
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pidyong
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Post edited 3:46 pm – September 28, 2009 by pidyong
Q. What exactly is a MONSOON?
A. A Monsoon is a wind that changes direction with the change of the
seasons. The monsoon prevails mainly in the Indian Ocean.It blows
from the southwest,generally from april to October,and from the
opposite direction,the northeast,from October to April.The southwest
mosoon is usually accompanied by heavy rain in the areas of India and
Southeast Asia,constituting the dominant climate event of the area.
The appearance of this wind pattern over geologicaltime has been
linked,through sedimentary evidence,to the uplift of the Himalayas
mountain range and the Tibetan plateau as the Indian subcontinent
began to collide with the Asian crustal plate about 20 million years ago.
Monsoon,in weaker form,also occur in other parts of the world.
The word comes from the Arabic MAUISM,"season"
DID YOU KNOW?
According to scientist, the greatest freshwater flood in history
happend about 19,000 years ago when an acient ice dam lake in the
Altay Mountains in Siberia,Russia,broke and water gushed out.The lake
was estimated to be 120 km(75 mi)long and 763meters(2,500ft)deep.
and the main flow of water was about 488 meters(1,600ft)deep and
traveling at 160 kph(100)mph.
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4:18 am
September 29, 2009
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pidyong
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Q.what are TYPHOONS?
A. Scientist are still unable to come to common conclusions, typhoons
are just intense tropical storms that occur in the northwestern Pacific
Ocean. That line is demarcated by the International Date Line and the
equator. The word typhoon seems to have many origins and all of them
date back to ancient Greece and the Greek god of winds- Typhon.
Subsequently different languages and nations across the planet have
adopted different altered versions of the name.
A tropical cyclone is classified as a typhoon when formed in the North-
West Pacific region, measures above 10 on Beaufort scale and has wind
speeds of above 55 mph. In short, it is a scary, wet windy depression
that causes immense destruction if and when it does hit land in full fury.
DID YOU KNOW?
For more than two weeks in September 1972,heavy rains
pummeled Luzon before then president Ferdinand Marcos declared
martial law. Floodwaters merged with the Pampanga and Agno rivers
and submerged most of Central Luzon.
This became known as the Great Flood of 1972..
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5:16 am
October 2, 2009
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Post edited 11:23 am – October 2, 2009 by pidyong
Q. How did the TALIPAPA get such name?
A.This makeshift food market with stalls under inclined flat sheds
originally sold only fish, particularly the Talipa, a small fish akin to the
salmon. But as time went by it gradually accommodated meat, fruit
and vegetable vendors. Today the Talipapa has become a community
marketplace that includes rice and corn dealers, drugstore, cafeterias,
barbershops, and all sorts of retail stores.
DID YOU KNOW?
If you're ever lost at sea, look for the patches of stationary wolly
clouds that usually form a little to the windward side of an island.Puffy
white clouds sailingacross a blue swky indicate continuing good
weather. But if theymass together to form tall, anvil-shaped clouds,
be prepared for lightning-filled thunderstorm,even if the sun is shinning
brightly. Striped frosty clouds high in the sky indicate the probability
of light rain; dark, layered clouds overhead mean steady rain.
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4:46 am
October 3, 2009
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Q. Where did the name "ASIA" come from?
A. There are a number of theories to account for the name of the
world's largest continent. It may represent the ancient Assyrian word
ASU, "to rise," meaning "land of the rising sun," otherwise an eastern
land as opposed to Europe, which is to the west. Another possible
source is the Sanskrit USA, meaning "dawn," which has the same
basic meaning.
DID YOU KNOW?
The Pacific, the world's largest and deepest ocean, owes its name to
Ferdinand Magellan in 1520. The Portuguese explorer, who sailed for
Spain, called it Mar Pacifico, "calm sea," since he and his crew had
encountered no storms on their journey from Tierra del Fuego, a group
of islands at the tip of South America, to the Philippines.
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6:16 am
October 4, 2009
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Post edited 12:17 pm – October 4, 2009 by pidyong
Q. Where did the term KUYA and ATE come from?
A. Most of expert point to Chinese origins. Kuya is said to be a
combination of two Chinese words: ko (elder brother) and a (a term
of kinship); Ate from the same a plus chi (elder sister).
DID YOU KNOW?
Water displacement is the simplest method of saving water in flush
toilets. You can save up to 15 percent by filling two plastic bottles with
pebbles and putting them at the opposite end of the toilet tank.
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8:32 am
October 5, 2009
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Q. Why is a radio or TV drama that's presented in a series of
melodramatic and sentimental episode called a " soap operas?"
A. Because " soap " operas were once primarily sponsored by soap
companies. They began in Chicago about 1930 as economical time
fillers on radio with such shows as Betty and Bob and The Romance of
Helen Trent. Considered the first television soap opera was Faraway Hill,
which first hit in New York City in 1946.
DId YOU KNOW?
Procter and Gamble, the well-known manufacturer of detergents and
allied products is named after its founders. William Procter and
James Gamble, who first made candles and soap in Cincinnati, Ohio,
in 1837. ( In fact the first professional soapmakers were usually the
same people who made candles, since both processes involved the
rendering of fats and oil.) Procter was the candlemaker, and English in
origin; Gamble made soap, and was Irish.
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