1. Manuel L. Quezón and Sergio Osmeña, Sr. have many similarities in their life.

Both Manuel L. Quezón and Sergio Osmeña, Sr became the president of the Philippines. Manuel L.
Quezón served as President of the Commonwealth of the Philippines from 1935 to 1944. Sergio
Osmeña, Sr served as the President of the Philippines from 1944 to 1946.

They were both born in the year 1878. Manuel L. Quezón was born on August 19, 1878. Sergio Osmeña
Sr, was born on September 9, 1878.

They both studied in the same high school and university. They first met each other in Collegio de San
Juan de Letran where they graduated secondary education. They both took up law in the University of
Santo Thomas.

They also both passed the bar exam on the same year. They were both in the top 10 of the 1903 bar
exams. Manuel L. Quezón ranked 4th highest overall while Sergio Osmeña Sr, ranked 2nd highest
overall.

2. Linggo(Sunday) is the only day of a week in the Philippines that is not a Spanish word. The days of a
week in Filipino are Lunes(Monday), Martes(Tuesday), Miyerkules(Wednesday), Huwebes(Thursday),
Biyernes(Friday), Sabado(Saturday) and Linggo(Sunday).

Linggo was derived from the Malay word Minggu which also means Sunday. And Minggu was derived
from the Portuguese word domingo which also means Sunday. Domigo is also used by Spain to call their
Sunday.

Lunes in Filipino came from the Spanish word lunes. Martes came from the Spanish word
martes. Miyerkules came from the Spanish word miércoles. Huwebes came from the Spanish word
jueves. Biyernes came from the Spanish word viernes. And Sabado came from the Spanish word sábado.

3. Among the Philippine presidents, Jose P. Laurel has the most children. He had 9 children and among
them are the following: José B. Laurel Jr , Jose Laurel III , Natividad Laurel , Sotero Laurel , Mariano
Antonio Laurel , Rosenda Laurel , Potenciana Laurel , Salvador Laurel , Arsenio Laurel.

4. The most translated Philippine poem is Mi Ultimo Adios by Dr Jose Rizal. It is originally written in
Spanish and is translated into 38 other languages. Among the languages are the following:

 Bengali  German  Romanian

 Bulgarian  Hindi  Russian

 Burmese  Hungarian  Sanskrit

 Chinese  Igbo  Sinhalese

 Czech  Indonesian  Somali

 Danish  Italian  Tahitian

 Dutch  Japanese  Thai

 Fijian  Javanese  Tongan

 Filipino  Korean  Turkish

 French  Latin  Urdu

 Greek  Māori  Vietnamese

 Hawaiian  Norwegian  Wolof

 Hebrew  Portuguese  Yoruba