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 El pirata Cofres�? (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 Guayacan'' is so strong that it suffers less wear and tear than steel?
That the first puertorrican 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 ''Coqum'' 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 Americas (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'' (Puerto Rican dancers did the choreographies for John Travolta in the movie Saturday Night Fever'
Of the 7 bioluminescent (phosphorescent) bays in the world,
Puerto Rico has 4, and 3 of them are in Vieques?
That the word ''Huracan'' (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 Am�ricas is ''El Teatro Tapia'' in Old San Juan?
The oldest church in the Western Hemisphere (The San Jose
church) is in old San Juan?
That the El Morro Castle in Puerto Rico is actually bigger than
the one in Cuba, despite the fact that Cuba is substantially larger than la Isla del Encanto?
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"?
That Juana D�az is the only town in Puerto Rico with a first and last name?
That Puerto Rican coffee is the official coffee of the Vatican in Rome?
Well now you know!!!
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