DID YOU KNOW!
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Category: News and Politics
FYI
Did you know....
That Puerto Rico is the third country of the world
with more physicians
in proportion to its population?
That the first person to fly up a flag in Puerto Rico
was the pirate Cofresí? (A Puerto Rican Pirate)
That it is estimated that there is more Nickel in the
mountains of Puerto Rico than in the whole United States, including Alaska and Hawaii?
That the most dynamic pier in the Caribbean is in San
Juan? 50% of all business, for a total of 1,400 millions in goods
is transported to or from here.
The wood from our native tree ''El Guayacán'' is so
strong that it suffers less wear and tear than steel?
That the first puertorican municipality founded in the
20th century was Jayuya in 1911?
That the male Coqui sings in a different way than the
female? The male sings ''Coquí'' and the female ''co-coqui''...
Though its small size, 39 different kinds of soils
have been identified in Vieques (a small island off the eastern coast of Puerto Rico)
That ''The pool'' in the horse races at El Comandante
race track was invented by Boricuas (Indigenous name for Puerto
Ricans)!
That the short distance in road terms from the highway
that connects Vega Alta to the toll in Buchanan is among the 10
busiest highways in the World?
The only native mammal in Puerto Rico is the bat? and
that the sounds of bats for the Batman movies were all recorded in the caves of Puerto Rico?
Square foot by square foot, Plaza Las Américas (Puerto
Rico's biggest shopping center) is the most rentable and the one that sells the most in the American continent?
The first mother's day in Puerto Rico was celebrated
in Yauco in 1915?
A couple of ''Boricua'' dancers did the coreographies
for John Travolta in the movie Saturday Night Fever'
Of the 7 bioluminescent (phosphorescent) bays in the
world, Puerto Rico has 5, and 3 of them are in Vieques?
That the word ''Huracán'' (Hurricane - A Taino Indian
word) is used as far as Japan?
That the word "hamaca" (Hammock) is another Taino (the
Puerto Rican original Indians) word?
The word ''Barbecue'' does not comes from an
Anglicism; it comes from the Taino word ''Barbacoa''?
The 3rd oldest theater in las Américas is ''El Teatro
Tapia'' in the Old San Juan?
The oldest church in the Western Hemisphere (The San
José church) is in old San Juan?
The best selling flag in NY city is the Puerto Rican
flag?
The largest JC Penney store in the whole world is
located in Plaza Las Americas?
The world's 3rd largest underground river is located
in Camuy, Puerto Rico? And that the caves in Camuy through which that river flows, were the inspiration for the set designs of the Batman movies' "Bat Cave"?
Although the Island of Culebra (also off the eastern
coast of Puerto Rico) is much smaller than Mona Island, Culebra is inhabited while Mona is deserted? (That's because Mona is FULL of monkeys!!)
That Juana Díaz is the only town in Puerto Rico with a
first and last name?
That the island of Culebra was recently the set for
the movie ''Cayo'' starring our own Roselyn Sánchez?
That Puerto Rican coffee is the official coffee of the
Vatican in Rome?
