* There are over 187 languages
- 1 National Language: Filipino
- 2 Official Languages: Philippine English and Filipino
- 8 Major Languages: Bikolano, Cebuano, Hiligaynon, Ilokano, Kapampangan, Pangasinense, Tagalog, Waray
- Other than the minor languages, many also have various dialects
- And no, text speak is not counted

* Contact Center Capital of the World
- https://www.outsourceaccelerator.com/articles/philippines-as-the-call-center-capital-of-the-world/

* World's Smallest Food Fish
- Guinness Book of World Records 2001

* The Philippine Eagle
- Largest extant eagle in the world in length and wing surface area

* World's Largest Pair of Shoes

* 3 out of 10 Largest Malls in the World is in the Philippines (larger than the Vatican City)
- SM City Mall of Asia
- SM City Megamall
- SM City North EDSA

* Longest-running horror film
- Part 1: 1984
- Most recent: Part 15 in 2014
- No official announcement if they ended the franchise

* The Black Nazarene (a.k.a. Black Jesus)

* Asia's only predominantly "Christian" country (at least 88%)
- Roman Catholic (79.53%)
- Iglesia ni Cristo (2.64%)
- Evangelicals (2.42%)
- Non-Roman Catholic and Protestants (1.14%)
- Seventh-day Adventist (0.78%)
- Aglipayan (0.75%)
- Bible Baptist Church (0.55%)
- Jehovah's Witnesses (0.43%)
- United Church of Christ in the Philippines (0.41%)
- see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion_in_the_Philippines

* There are 7,641 islands
- Only 2,000 are inhabited
- More than 5,000 islands are unnamed

* Home to Miss Earth pageant (f. 2001-04-03)

* 3rd country to win all titles of the Big Four pageants
- 1x Miss World
- 4x Miss Universe
- 6x Miss International
- 4x Miss Earth
- Longest streak of wins in all Big Four pagents
- 2 multiple wins in the same year: 2013 for Miss World and Miss International & 2015 for Miss Universe and Miss Earth
- see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Four_international_beauty_pageants

- Best Fruits in the World (this one is subjective ;P )
- Philippine Mango (locally: mangga)
- Philippine Mangosteen
- Philippine Banana (locally: saging)
- Philippine Pineapple (locally: pinya)
- Calamansi (countless foreigners attest that this is way far better than lemon)
- Philippine Coconut (locally: buko)
- Philippine custard/sugar apple (locally: atis)
- Lanzones
- Philippine Jackfruit (locally: langka)

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**♾️ Yuki (유키 雪) 🇵🇭 🦣** @youronlyone@qoto.org · Nov 28, 2022, 20:39

**♾️ Yuki (유키 雪) 🇵🇭 🦣** @youronlyone@qoto.org · Nov 28, 2022, 20:39

Nov 28, 2022, 20:39

♾️ Yuki (유키 雪) 🇵🇭 🦣 @youronlyone@qoto.org

ᜋᜊᜓᜑᜌ᜔᜶ (Mabuhay!) I'm 스노 (雪亮 Yuki), an #ASEAN from the #Philippines, the “Pearl of the Orient Seas”.

I am an #OpenlyAutistic #Xennial #INFP person. It was #ExtraordinaryAttorneyWoo (#이상한변호사우영우) and #InnocentWitness (#증인) which gave me the courage to say, “enough is enough” with all the discrimination, prejudice, and stigma about #Autism and #ActuallyAutistics.

Furthermore, I strongly believe in #FreeCulture (under which are #CreativeCommons, #OpenKnowledge, #FLOSS, and related). You will also occasionally see me sharing and talking about #Privacy and #Security.

My first #Fediverse identity was in 2008, when it was still called #identiverse (the former was coined sometime 2010–2012). I used to run a public #Friendica instance for the Philippines, and had my own solo #Hubzilla instance. (#DidYouKnow The Philippines is the #SNS capital of the world since 2008. [1] [2])

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I love to read #books. My first was Book 5 of the original #CYOA entitled, “The Mystery of Chimney Rock” when I was around four (I still have the book somewhere with a missing cover). By fourteen, I enjoyed reading a non-fiction book entitled simply as “Brain”, and dreamed of becoming a neuroscientist, which sadly remained a dream.

My longest read were #PeterFHamilton's “Pandora's Star” and “Judas Unchained” (more or less 1,000 pages each). My number one favourite is #LynnKurland's “Dreams of Stardust” (I even bought every copy I saw and gave it away).

When it comes to genre, I read anything. In the classics, I love #JaneEyre by Charlotte Brontë. I also read #NeilGaiman's “American Gods”. But I do have genres I favour more than others: #ScienceFiction and #Fantasy. To be more specific, science fiction and fantasy with #TimeTravel and #ParallelWorld elements, if the author can combine it together, even better (like Lynn Kurland's novels: #scifi + fantasy + #romance and sometimes with #paranormal too).

That said, my taste in live-action shows is somewhat similar. And the more complex and/or engaging the story is, the more I love it. Some examples are:

(in no particular order)

* #Grid (#그리드) – https://im.youronly.one/snoworld/%EA%B7%B8%EB%A6%AC%EB%93%9C-grid-explained-2022116/

* #SisyphusTheMyth (#시지프스TheMyth) – https://im.youronly.one/snoworld/%EC%8B%9C%EC%A7%80%ED%94%84%EC%8A%A4-sisyphus-the-myth-2021-explained-logically-2021100/

* #AlphaGateway (#TheGateway) – https://im.youronly.one/snoworld/alpha-gateway-2018-parallel-worlds-explained-201956/

#Sports. I am a #runner. Well, not a professional runner. I run for #health and #fitness. I am also planning on doing #cycling again (my last was during my High School years). My first love was #football, or what Americans call #soccer. I also love #swimming, but what is close and dear to me is #Archery, in particular classic Asian archery, and Japanese archery called #Kyudo (#弓道 #きゅうどう #Kyujutsu). A must.

#Games? This one is a long history. Who doesn't love games, right? To sum it up, I started with Nintendo's “Game & Watch”, then “Family Computer”. I also was able to experience playing in Atari and MSX; as well as table-top #arcade machines. My favourite games are: “Super Mario Bros.”, “#Bomberman”. As well as, “Curse of the Azure Bonds” (#ForgottenRealms) and the Krynn series (#DragonLance) by TSR, “Sim Farm”, “Sim City”, “#PrinceOfPersia”, “#ManiacMansion”, “Neverwinter Nights”, “Eye of the Beholder”, “#Ultima” series, and the Carmen Sandiego franchise, for the PC. (*cough*Digger*cough*)