Category: Today I Learned

How did the Filipinos end up with this distorted perception of beauty? Is this a sign of colonial mentality or an inferiority complex brought to us by our Spanish colonizers?

In 1965, an Aussie boy accidentally fell asleep inside the cargo hold of a plane flying to Manila. Miraculously, he lived to tell the tale. 

Considered as the "King of the Jungle," the lion symbolizes fierceness and strength. The same is true for Baguio City's iconic lion head, although its original meaning has been obscured by time.

Here's a brief history that will shatter the misconception surrounding the Philippines' national bird.

How the friendship between Antonio Luna and Jose Rizal almost ended up in a duel remains one of the most intriguing "what-ifs" in Philippine history.

Rare photographs taken by NASA astronauts gives us a glimpse to what happened before and during the 1991 cataclysmic eruption.