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Nata de coco was originally invented in 1949 by Teodula K. Kalaw as an alternative to the traditional Filipino nata de piña which is made from pineapples. Macapuno was first cultivated commercially in the Philippines after the development of the "embryo rescue" in vitro culture technology in the 1960s by Emerita V. De Guzman.
Pedro Edralin Flores (26 April 1896 – 3 January 1964) [1] was a Filipino businessman and yo-yo maker who has been credited with popularizing yo-yos in the United States.He patented an innovation to yo-yos that used a loop instead of a knot around the axle, allowing for new tricks such as the ability to "sleep".
2019, Darren Criss becomes the first Filipino American to win a Golden Globe. [169] 2020, Dozens of Filipino American healthcare workers have died due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the New Jersey-New York area, [170] and elsewhere. [171] Of all nurses who died with a COVID-19 infection nationally in 2020, almost a third were Filipino Americans. [172]
Filipino Americans had a significantly higher rate of food insecurity (11%) than all Asians and White Americans (6%). [188] Filipino Americans had a lower poverty rate (7%) than the total population, this correlates with the Filipino-American unemployment rate being only 3% and a high labor force participation rate of 67%. [189] [190]
The e-book A teacher in Galicia, Spain, Ángela Ruiz Robles invented the first mechanical book way back in 1949. She was looking for a way to allow her students to carry fewer books to and from ...
Native Americans thrived throughout the Americas and developed many innovations that continue to use today. From medical advancements to sleeping arrangements, we can trace many things back to them.
Snow goggles were invented by the Inuit and Yupik Indians, Arctic native people who lived in modern day Alaska. DeGennaro told CNN the goggles were often carved from driftwood, whale bones, and ...
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