Stunning and Interesting Facts that you didn't know.

[ceb3370]

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Fact:


The TS dont know how to use the search button.

[Engineering]

@lhorenzoo: yes sir! but according to my readings that Ninoy Aquino exposed the secret.. I don't know if I should say he is a traitor? I don't know because filipinos treat him as a hero.. I don't think so much that he died for our country nah!!

[Engineering]

Fireflies or Alitaptap

Fireflies are familiar, but few realize that these insects are actually beetles, nocturnal members of the family Lampyridae. Most fireflies are winged, which distinguishes them from other luminescent insects of the same family, commonly known as glowworms.

There are about 2,000 firefly species. These insects live in a variety of warm environments, as well as in more temperate regions, and are a familiar sight on summer evenings. Fireflies love moisture and often live in humid regions of Asia and the Americas. In drier areas, they are found around wet or damp areas that retain moisture.



Everyone knows how fireflies got their name, but many people don't know how the insects produce their signature glow. Fireflies have dedicated light organs that are located under their abdomens. The insects take in oxygen and, inside special cells, combine it with a substance called luciferin to produce light with almost no heat.

Firefly light is usually intermittent, and flashes in patterns that are unique to each species. Each blinking pattern is an optical signal that helps fireflies find potential mates. Scientists are not sure how the insects regulate this process to turn their lights on and off.



Firefly light may also serve as a defense mechanism that flashes a clear warning of the insect's unappetizing taste. The fact that even larvae are luminescent lends support to this theory.

Females deposit their eggs in the ground, which is where larvae develop to adulthood. Underground larvae feed on worms and slugs by injecting them with a numbing fluid.

nice!! dili natah makakita ug aninipot! unless dd2 sa province pero ubay2 nlang gyud nuon..

[Engineering]

goliath bird eating spider

The goliath bird eating spider (also called the birdeater) (Theraphosa blondi) is an arachnid belonging to the tarantula family and is the largest spider in the world. The spider was named by explorers from the Victorian era, who witnessed one eating a hummingbird and reported the sighting to the Western world.

Native to the rain forest regions of northern South America, these spiders have up to a 30 centimetre (12 in) long leg span when fully extended and can weigh over 120 grams. Wild goliath birdeaters are a deep burrowing species, found commonly in marshy or swampy areas. Goliath birdeaters usually live in burrows in the ground that they have either dug themselves or have been previously abandoned by rodents or other similar creatures.

wew!! I only saw this real & alive in Thailand a friend of mine owns 1 of these..

[sevmik]

Interesting historical facts... perhaps this should be merged with this other thread para ma usa ra.

https://www.istorya.net/forums/genera...hare-here.html

and kani sad
https://www.istorya.net/forums/genera...u-know-71.html

[geo25]

Agapito Flores was born in Guiguinto, Bulacan, Philippines on September 28, 1897. He worked as an apprentice in a machine shop and later moved to Tondo, Manila where he trained at a vocational school to become an electrician.
It has been reported that Agapito Flores received a French patent for a fluorescent bulb and that the General Electric Company bought Flores' patent rights and manufactured and sold his fluorescent bulb (making millions from it). However, all the inventors named above and more predate Agapito Flores' possible work on any fluorescent bulb.

According to Dr. Benito Vergara of the Philippine Science Heritage Center, "As far as I could learn, a certain Flores presented the idea of fluorescent light to Manuel Quezon when he became president. At that time, General Electric Co. had already presented the fluorescent light to the public."

OMG!! karon pa lage ko kabalo ani sensya lang po..

c Flores mura ra ni ug testimony ni Delima--hearsay!

[geo25]

this is an interesting revelation.. so the late president was really interested to reclaim sabah where no other presidents have
ever dared to do...

I remember, some years ago, Bongbong, on TV, saying that he wants to re-claim Sabah for the Philippines.

[Engineering]

aw existing na diay ni. thanx kaau bro... naay uban perfect namn kaau gud dili kabalo mo hatag ug opinion >.<

Mods: Please MERGE this thread thanks...

[sioti49]

very nice thread... mmm busog akong knowledge ty

[stanlee climbfall]

I remember, some years ago, Bongbong, on TV, saying that he wants to re-claim Sabah for the Philippines.

i remember my father telling me this when i was in elem. nga atoa jud ang Sabbah!
daun angkonon sa mga chinese ang spratlys.....