1. continent/asia
2. land/volcanic islands, rainforests, mountains, and beaches
3. population/109 million
4. currency/philippine peso
5. official language/filipino, english
6. grows/rice, corn, sugarcane, and coconuts
makes/paper, clothing, electronics, and shoes
7. the english word yo-yo comes from the ildcano word yo-yo, which means “come back”
8. in 2002, cobblers in manila city set a world record for making the biggest pair of shoes. each shoe measures 17 feet long, and would easily fit ten entire people inside with room to spare.
9. the Philippines is the “texting capital of the world,” exchanging around 400 million texts per day.
10. edible bird’s nest is one of the most prized— and expensive— foods around. The swiftlets bird weaves together some of its saliva, which hardens into a nest. Collectors then scavenge El Nido’s cliffs to find these spittle- riddled homes, so they can use it in a special soup!
11. The bird for the philippines is the philippine eagle.
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