5 Things you probably didn't know about the Philippines

5 Things you probably didn't know about the Philippines

1.       The positioning of the Philippine flag's colors indicate a message. If it is flown with the red stripe on top, the nation is in a state of war. Otherwise, during peacetime, the blue is on top.

2.      Of the top 10 largest shopping malls in the world, three are found in the Philippines: SM Megamall, SM North Edsa, and SM Mall of Asia.

3.      The Philippines is the world's leading producer of coconuts, having produced 19.5 million tons of the fruit in 2010.

               4.     According to the 
  2000 census, 52 million people in the Philippines speak English, making it the third largest English-speaking nation behind the U.S. and India. 

5.      After the Second World War, the Philippine jeepney was born out of the G.I. Jeeps American soldiers brought to the country in the 1940s. It's Pinoy upcycling!