Portal:Puerto Rico/Did you know entries/1


 * ... that the Cuatro is the national instrument of Puerto Rico?
 * ... that the state of Florida was discovered by Puerto Rico's first governor, Don Juan Ponce de León?
 * ... that in 1950, the authorities in Puerto Rico placed a US$10,000 bounty on the head of outlaw Antonio Correa Cotto , either dead or alive, which was a first in the crime annals of the island?..
 * ... that Puerto Rico enjoys one of the planet's highest productivity ratios? That value-added in manufacturing on the island totals $10.02 for every dollar of production worker wages, more than double the mainland US average of $4.64?
 * ... that the bronze statue of Juan Ponce de León in the center of the Plaza de San Juan was made from British cannons captured during Sir Ralph Abercromby's attack in 1797?
 * ... that Faith Evans, is first woman to be named U.S. Marshal?
 * ... that Capt. Humbert Roque Versace, was the first Army P.O.W. to receive the Medal of Honor for his actions in Southeast Asia during captivity?
 * ... that the Elfin woods warbler, an endemic bird of Puerto Rico first observed in 1968, is the last New World warbler species to be discovered?
 * ... that Samuel A. Ramírez, Sr. made Wall Street history by becoming the first Hispanic to launch a successful investment banking firm?
 * ... that Dr. Antonio Fernós-Isern, former Resident Commissioner, was the first Puerto Rican cardiologist?