importunt facts about Phillipines -The largest school (K-12) in the the world is in the Phillipines, with an enrollment of about 25,000 -The Philippine government gained its independence (from the U.S.) on July 4, 1946 -The smallest fish in the world is the Pandaka pygmea found in the Phillipines -At 6.8 miles below sea level, the world's deepest ocean trench is Mindanao in the Phillipines