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A rubber duck accident helped researchers understand ocean currents

We’re used to any kind of “spills” in the ocean having disastrous effects, but this one proved to be something of a happy accident.

In 1992, a crate of bath toys on its way from China to the United States broke, spilling thousands of rubber ducks and other floating toys into the Pacific.

Oceanographers seized the opportunity to learn more about the movements of the ocean. Perfectly named oceanographer Curtis Ebbesmeyer headed up the research efforts, asking beachgoers all over the world to report sightings of the duckies and their floating friends. The ducks traveled far and wide, ending up everywhere from Europe to Alaska to Hawaii and continuing to be spotted well into the 2000s.

The fleet of toys became affectionately known as “the Friendly Floatees.”

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Join Antique Lone District Representative and House of Representatives Deputy Speaker Congresswoman Loren Legarda on the new episode of her online show Road to 500: A Philippine Quincentennial Special on September 8, Tuesday, 10am via her official Facebook page.*

With the theme "A Taste of Asia," the episode features the role of food and spices, especially of our ancestors, in the first circumnavigation of the world.

Joining the discussion are Chaiperson Rene Escalante of the National Historical Commission of the Philippines (and concurrently the Vice-Chairperson and Executive Director of the National Quincentennial Committee, Republic of the Philippines), food historian Felice Prudente Sta. Maria, book illustrator Mariel Ylagan Garcia, and historian Xiao Chua.

The Road to 500 is a monthly online program that aims to update the public of the preparations for the 500th anniversary of the Victory at Mactan, the Philippine part in the first circumnavigation of the world, and other related events in 2021.

*The program will also stream LIVE via official Facebook pages of the National Quincentennial Committee, National Historical Commission of the Philippines, Department of Foreign Affairs, Republic of the Philippines, DepEd Philippines, National Commission for Culture and the Arts, and National Museum of the Philippines.

📷 Mariel Ylagan Garcia's watercolor illustrations of several Visayan food and delicacies from the book Kain Na! An Illustrated Guide to Philippine Food by Felice P. Sta. Maria and Bryan Koh (RPD Publications, 2019).

road to 500 a PH quincentennial special

10 recipes in 10 weeks…. Learn how to cook simple, healthy, and delicious Filipino dishes with Chef Louise Mabulo starting 3 September 2020!

Catch Simply Sarap every Thursday, 11:00 a.m. (PH Time) at the official Facebook, Instagram, and Youtube pages of the DFA and its Foreign Service Posts!

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The Mango thrives across the Philippines. It has different types, yet each fruit is consumed the same, be it ripe or not. Its wood is best for carving.

Ang Mangga ay tumutubo sa iba’t ibang panig ng bansa. Marami itong uri, ngunit magkakatulad ang pagkain sa bunga nito, hilaw man o hinog. Ginagamit din sa pag-uukit ang kahoy nito.

Ito ay hango sa "Flora de Filipinas" ni Padre Manuel Blanco, OSA, na unang nalimbag noong 1837.

Tunghayan ang buong seryeng “Flora de Filipinas” sa opisyal na Facebook page ng DFA: (link)

Maligayang Buwan ng Wikang Pambansa at ng Kasaysayan!

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