- There are three animals that we now know today that are named after Rizal.
- Rhachophorous Rizali, a hetherto unknown species of toad.
- Draco Rizali (Wandolleck), a species of flying dragons.
- Apogonia Rizali, a small beetle
- Rizal was a penny-pincher.
- Rizal was considered as The Last Renaissance Man.
- Rizal was considered as a Universal Genius.
- He is the National Hero of the Philippines.
- He was an ophthalmologist, novelist, educator, farmer, historian, playwright, sculptor, painter and journalist.
- He graduated from Ateneo Municapal de Manila
- He wrote his first poem entitled: "Sa Aking mga Kababata" at the age of seven.
- His pulsed proved to be normal when the Spanish surgeon general requested to take his pulse moment's before Rizal's execution.
- Rizal was born with a big head. Literally speaking.
- He has one brother (Paciano), and nine sisters (Saturnina, Narcisa, Olympia, Lucia, Maria, Concepcion, Josefa, Trinidad and Soledad )
- He could read and write at the age of two.
- His full name is José Protacio Rizal Mercado y Alonso Realonda.
- He speaks more than twenty languages.
- His last poem was "Mi Ultimo Adios".
- He died at the age of thirty-five.
Sources:
http://www.joserizal.ph/ta02.html
http://www.spot.ph/gallery/1290/10-things-you-didn-rsquo-t-know-about-jose-rizal/article/48543
http://www.rizalpark.org/trivia/15-amazing-facts-about-jose-rizal/
http://www.tripsiders.com/blog/20-facts-about-dr-jose-p-rizal/#.US4HJKV3sy4
