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[2kELEVEN]

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wow... ^^ Keep it up..

[KlaytoN]

"Non-aqueous Rain", murag kuyaw lagi ni. Mashock nalan ta naay mga mananap matagak gikan sa langit.

Ok au ni nga mga facts..

Lluvia de Peces. It happened in Agusan del Sur a few days ago. Murag gisuyop sa waterspout ang mga isda, then nangahulog ra pud gikan sa clouds..

It's raining fish! It's normal

The story on "fishes falling from the sky" in Agusan del Sur was generally met with disbelief accross social networking sites. Some Facebook users, however, offered possible explanations – ranging from logical to supernatural.

Some said the fish might have fallen from a passing aircraft. Yet some believed the incident was a sign that the world is coming to an end.

But fishes falling from the sky is not supernatural nor is it doomsday's beckoning. It actually has a name: Lluvia de Peces.

Residents of Loreto town in Agusan del Sur experienced this phenomenon Friday morning when dozens of 3-inch-long mudfish rained on them. PAGASA-Butuan Chief Engr. Lolit Binalay told Bombo Radyo a similar incident had happened in Lake Mainit in Agusan del Norte a few years back.

The same thing happened to a village in Powys, Wales in 2004 and to Folsom, California in 2006, among reported others.

How does it happen? Whirlwinds over water develop into waterspouts and become a swirling force that can suck in almost anything of the water's content: fish, eels, and even frogs.

According to American scientist Nilton Renno, fishes can "fly" into the sky along with the waterspout. He told Scienceline.org that "even if the waterspout stops spinning, the fish in the cloud can be carried over land, buffeted up and down and around."

Loreto residents said they were surprised by the phenomenon because the sea and the river are far from their place. But according to Renno, fishes can "swim" in the clouds and reach places until the wind can no longer support its flight, and that's when they come down.

The fishes are sometimes taken so high into the atmosphere that they land dead.

Seventy-two of the fishes that fell on Agusan del Sur survived the "journey" and have been placed by the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources personnel in an aquarium for experts to study.

The Philippines may not hear of it often as it is an uncommon phenomenon. But 'fish rains' have been reported for centuries.

According to a BBC report, "fishes are the most common thing to have rained down on you – other than rain itself, of course." People have heard of frogs, tomatoes, and lumps of coals falling from the sky in few bizarre instances.

Weather has been inclement in Agusan del Sur the past week, marked with a heavy downpour on Friday that BFAR believes may have triggered the formation of a waterspout.
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It's raining fish! It's normal | GMA News Online | The Go-To Site for Filipinos Everywhere
BBC Supernatural (raining fish!!!!) - YouTube
Lluvia de Peces - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[æRLO]

Before the advent of modern mattresses, ropes were spread across the bed frame in a criss-cross pattern to form a sleeping platform. The ropes would sag with time and weight and had to be tightened periodically. Thus the sayiing "Goodnight and SLEEP TIGHT"

Big Bang Theory reference? Actually this is false.

The etymology of the idiom "sleep tight" actually originates from the 1700s up until about the 1800s, when "tight" was commonly used to mean "soundly" or "well". So "sleep tight" is just an anachronistic saying for "sleep well" or "sleep soundly"

[baltikoy]

100x more interesting than 9 gag

[Paks]

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Dafuq i just read ?!

Grabe kasakit sa mata .. Pero salamat sa mga amazing scientific facts xD