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'We all have alien DNA': What we learned from the stars at History Con 2018

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Vincent Garcia, ABS-CBN News

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2018/life/08/10/20180810-history.jpg?ext=.jpg"/><figcaption>Giorgio Tsoukalos of &quot;Ancient Aliens&quot; and Katheryn Winnick of &quot;Vikings&quot; headline the guests at this year&#x27;s History Con 2018 at the World Trade Center in Pasay City. <em>Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA – Giorgio Tsoukalos of &quot;Ancient Aliens&quot; believes we all have extraterrestrial DNA inside us, while &quot;Vikings&quot; star Katheryn Winnick is truly smitten with the Philippine islands.</p><p>As for the third season of &quot;Celebrity Car Wars&quot; starring Xian Lim and Diego Loyzaga, expect a lot of car crashes.</p><p>These are just some of the things the celebrity guests of History Con 2018 revealed to reporters on the event&#x27;s opening day. </p><p>Check out the videos below: </p><p>1. Giorgio Tsoukalos on the “tremendous” opening ceremony</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none" data-lang="en"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Giorgio Tsoukalos on the “tremendous” opening ceremony of <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HistoryCon?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#HistoryCon</a> 2018; He’s amazed at how the event has grown “triple in size” since his last visit <a href="https://twitter.com/vincepgarcia?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@vincepgarcia</a> <a href="https://t.co/fR5osiNfmL">pic.twitter.com/fR5osiNfmL</a></p>— ABS-CBN News (@ABSCBNNews) <a href="https://twitter.com/ABSCBNNews/status/1027817738146701312?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 10, 2018</a></blockquote><p>2. Katheryn Winnick on what she&#x27;s looking forward to most here at History Con</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none" data-lang="en"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Katheryn Winnick on what she’s looking forward to most here at <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HistoryCon?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#HistoryCon</a> 2018: Can’t wait to meet all the strong shield maidens here in the Philippines <a href="https://twitter.com/vincepgarcia?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@vincepgarcia</a> <a href="https://t.co/GJcOHvrria">pic.twitter.com/GJcOHvrria</a></p>— ABS-CBN News (@ABSCBNNews) <a href="https://twitter.com/ABSCBNNews/status/1027817856375828481?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 10, 2018</a></blockquote><div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script></div><p>3. Jaime Dempsey of &quot;Ride N&#x27; Seek,&quot; who calls PH her &quot;second home,&quot; on what she misses the most about the country</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none" data-lang="en"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Jaime Dempsey of ‘Ride N’Seek,’ who calls PH her “second home,” on what she misses the most about the country <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HistoryCon?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#HistoryCon</a> | via <a href="https://twitter.com/vincepgarcia?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@vincepgarcia</a> <a href="https://t.co/gap6jXn87v">pic.twitter.com/gap6jXn87v</a></p>— ABS-CBN News (@ABSCBNNews) <a href="https://twitter.com/ABSCBNNews/status/1027819082492432384?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 10, 2018</a></blockquote><div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script></div><p>4. Mong Chin of &quot;Who Runs the World&quot; on what she learned from filming an episode in Cebu</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none" data-lang="en"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Who Runs the World’s Mong Chin on what she learned from filming an episode in Cebu<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HistoryCon?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#HistoryCon</a> | via <a href="https://twitter.com/vincepgarcia?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@vincepgarcia</a> <a href="https://t.co/86P5WMgJQX">pic.twitter.com/86P5WMgJQX</a></p>— ABS-CBN News (@ABSCBNNews) <a href="https://twitter.com/ABSCBNNews/status/1027819084279205889?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 10, 2018</a></blockquote><div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script></div><p>5. Xian Lim and Diego Loyzaga on what fans can look forward to in the third season of &quot;Celebrity Car Wars&quot;</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none" data-lang="en"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Xian Lim and Diego Loyzaga on what fans can look forward to in the third season of “Celebrity Car Wars”: We played soccer using cars <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HistoryCon?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#HistoryCon</a> | via <a href="https://twitter.com/vincepgarcia?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@vincepgarcia</a> <a href="https://t.co/87BoCvzF7z">pic.twitter.com/87BoCvzF7z</a></p>— ABS-CBN News (@ABSCBNNews) <a href="https://twitter.com/ABSCBNNews/status/1027819086061817856?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 10, 2018</a></blockquote><div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script></div><p>6. Katheryn Winnick reveals her character in &quot;Vikings,&quot; Lagertha, was supposed to have been killed off during the second season</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none" data-lang="en"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Katheryn Winnick reveals her character in ‘Vikings’ was supposed to be killed off during the second season; she shares how she fought for Lagertha to be kept alive<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HistoryCon?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#HistoryCon</a> | via <a href="https://twitter.com/vincepgarcia?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@vincepgarcia</a> <a href="https://t.co/2XEckHFBuk">pic.twitter.com/2XEckHFBuk</a></p>— ABS-CBN News (@ABSCBNNews) <a href="https://twitter.com/ABSCBNNews/status/1027819311656628225?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 10, 2018</a></blockquote><div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script></div><p>7. Giorgio Tsoukalos calls our National Museum of Anthropology as one of the greatest in the planet </p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none" data-lang="en"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Giorgio Tsoukalos says fans can expect him to talk about ancient alien mysteries in PH during his panel; calls our National Museum of Anthropology as one of the greatest in the planet <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HistoryCon?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#HistoryCon</a> | via <a href="https://twitter.com/vincepgarcia?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@vincepgarcia</a> <a href="https://t.co/WYMcMo01SD">pic.twitter.com/WYMcMo01SD</a></p>— ABS-CBN News (@ABSCBNNews) <a href="https://twitter.com/ABSCBNNews/status/1027820434677424130?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 10, 2018</a></blockquote><div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script></div><p>8. Jaime Dempsey on the best part of shooting for &quot;Ride N&#x27; Seek&quot; here in the Philippines</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none" data-lang="en"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Jaime Dempsey on the best part of shooting for ‘Ride N’Seek here in PH<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HistoryCon?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#HistoryCon</a> | via <a href="https://twitter.com/vincepgarcia?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@vincepgarcia</a> <a href="https://t.co/eGSM5y8uK9">pic.twitter.com/eGSM5y8uK9</a></p>— ABS-CBN News (@ABSCBNNews) <a href="https://twitter.com/ABSCBNNews/status/1027820790685655042?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 10, 2018</a></blockquote><div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script></div><p>9. Mong Chin of &quot;Who Runs the World&quot; gives her advice for all the young girls looking to begin a career on social media</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none" data-lang="en"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Who Runs the World’s Mong Chin has advice for all those young girls looking to begin a career on social media <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HistoryCon?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#HistoryCon</a> | via <a href="https://twitter.com/vincepgarcia?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@vincepgarcia</a> <a href="https://t.co/UTXaEsP3p9">pic.twitter.com/UTXaEsP3p9</a></p>— ABS-CBN News (@ABSCBNNews) <a href="https://twitter.com/ABSCBNNews/status/1027821905263247360?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 10, 2018</a></blockquote><div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script></div><p>10. Xian Lim explains how different he is when he films &quot;Celebrity Car Wars&quot; than we when he shoots teleseryes and romantic comedies</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none" data-lang="en"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Xian Lim on how fans can get to see him in a more relaxed, ‘different light’ in this third season of ‘Celebrity Car Wars’ <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HistoryCon?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#HistoryCon</a> | via <a href="https://twitter.com/vincepgarcia?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@vincepgarcia</a> <a href="https://t.co/K5JmV1yKrp">pic.twitter.com/K5JmV1yKrp</a></p>— ABS-CBN News (@ABSCBNNews) <a href="https://twitter.com/ABSCBNNews/status/1027821907142307840?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 10, 2018</a></blockquote><div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script></div><p>11. Diego Loyzaga on sharing the stage with History Channel stars: &quot;This is a monumental day for me&quot;</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none" data-lang="en"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Xian Lim on how fans can get to see him in a more relaxed, ‘different light’ in this third season of ‘Celebrity Car Wars’ <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HistoryCon?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#HistoryCon</a> | via <a href="https://twitter.com/vincepgarcia?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@vincepgarcia</a> <a href="https://t.co/K5JmV1yKrp">pic.twitter.com/K5JmV1yKrp</a></p>— ABS-CBN News (@ABSCBNNews) <a href="https://twitter.com/ABSCBNNews/status/1027821907142307840?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 10, 2018</a></blockquote><div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script></div><p>12. Giorgio Tsoukalos talks about how the society, in general, has become more open-minded</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none" data-lang="en"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Giorgio Tsoukalos talks about how the society, in general, has become more open-minded <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HistoryCon?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#HistoryCon</a> | via <a href="https://twitter.com/vincepgarcia?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@vincepgarcia</a> <a href="https://t.co/SNczn8CYgj">pic.twitter.com/SNczn8CYgj</a></p>— ABS-CBN News (@ABSCBNNews) <a href="https://twitter.com/ABSCBNNews/status/1027823261827063813?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 10, 2018</a></blockquote><div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script></div><p>13. Giorgio Tsoukalos explains how we all have extraterrestrial genes</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none" data-lang="en"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Giorgio Tsoukalos explains how we all have extraterrestrial genes <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HistoryCon?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#HistoryCon</a> | via <a href="https://twitter.com/vincepgarcia?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@vincepgarcia</a> <a href="https://t.co/9VVUlFWbd9">pic.twitter.com/9VVUlFWbd9</a></p>— ABS-CBN News (@ABSCBNNews) <a href="https://twitter.com/ABSCBNNews/status/1027823591096635392?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 10, 2018</a></blockquote><div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script></div><p>14. Katheryn Winnick really loved her experience in Palawan and Siquijor: &quot;I will come back to America and tell everybody that they have to come to the Philippines.&quot;</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none" data-lang="en"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Katheryn Winnick really loved her experience in Palawan and Siquijor: “I will come back to America and tell everybody that they have to come to the Philippines <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HistoryCon?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#HistoryCon</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/ABSCBNNews?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ABSCBNNews</a> <a href="https://t.co/stLIlb8O2Z">pic.twitter.com/stLIlb8O2Z</a></p>— Vincent Garcia (@vincepgarcia) <a href="https://twitter.com/vincepgarcia/status/1027823987428970496?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 10, 2018</a></blockquote><div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script></div>

<p>Check out some of the things the celebrity guests of History Con 2018 revealed to reporters on the event's opening day. </p>

Check out some of the things the celebrity guests of History Con 2018 revealed to reporters on the event's opening day.

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'We all have alien DNA': What we learned from the stars at History Con 2018

Vincent Garcia,

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Published August 10, 2018 04:12 PM PHT

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Updated August 10, 2018 05:05 PM PHT

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