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Pinoy pet vegie
Q: What's the most widely grown vegetable in the Philippines?
A: The tomato. (Note: Legally, a tomato is a
vegetable but botanically, it's a fruit, being a member of
the berry family.)
Goldfish Gender
Q: How can you tell if your goldfish is male or female?
A: Quite difficult. The only time male and female
fish look different from another is when they are ready to
breed.
At this time, the male develops small white
spots called tubercles on his gill covers. The female, on
the other hand, will fill up with eggs and look fatter than
the male.
How long do these aquarium pets live?
Certain gold- fish have been reported to live
for over 50 years.
Beast Business
Q: Which are there more of in the Philippines cattle or carabaos?
A: Carabaos-they outnumber cattle by nearly
a million.
Dry Duck
Q: Why doesn't a duck get soaked in the water?
A. A duck's feathers fit together in neat, overlapping
rows causing water to run off instead of staying and soaking
in. It also relies on a greasy substance called preen oil
to keep it water-resistant.
Produced by a small sac at the bas of the duck's
tail, preen oil helps block out water while keeping the duck's
waterproof covering in top condition.
Ooops!
Spinach may make Popeye the Sailor extra strong, but in reality,
it contains no more or less strength-giving properties than
other vegetables. The Popeye Theory was based on a simple
mathematical error. Nutrition researchers in the 1890s put
a decimal point in the wrong place, thus giving spinach 10
times more iron than it actually contains. Fact is, the iron
content of spinach is only average. Nonetheless, spinach consumption
in the United States jumped by 33% when Popeye made his first
appearance in the 1930s. Popeye, however, was into garlic
when he debuted in E.C. Segar's Thimble Theater cartoon strip.
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April 1999
»» Bar proposes P3.4B R&D budget for
Y2000
»» Feature:
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