Things you didn't know about Mexico

[WhatTheHellAmy]

As everybody knows, I'm mexican, but I bet you don't know many things about my country... me neither to be honest! XD

10. Pyramids

The largest pyramid in the world is the Quetzalcoatl Pyramid, located in Cholula, Puebla. It has an estimated volume of 166,538,400 ft³, compared to the pyramid of Cheops, which only has an estimated volume of 84,755,200 ft³.

9. Color TV

If you enjoy watching TV you can thank a Mexican for that. Guillermo Gonzalez Camarena came up with it in 1941.

8. Popcorn

You can also thank Mexicans for this delicious movie snack. It was created there over 9,000 years ago.

7. Obesity

The United States has a bad reputation regarding obesity, but its actually No. 2 in the list of fattest countries; Mexico is No. 1. It's quite common to see people who earn minimum wage having tortillas, beans and a Coke for lunch.

Video!!

6. World War II

Mexico was part of WWII. They sent 'Escuadron 201' to support U.S. troops. They were also invited by Germany to join WWI, but they refused because who would've wanted to fight with Germany?

Oh well, if there's another war hopefully we won't be there lol

5. More than 68 different languages

Mexico is proud to represent a vast array of diverse cultures and a myriad of languages. Overall there are 15.7 million Indigenous people living in the country, making up almost 15% of its total constituents and they speak 68 different languages that are officially recognized by the Mexican government.

4. Mexico City

The country's capital had more than 20 million people living there by 2010; it's the third-most populated city around the world.

3. Monarchy

Mexico was ruled as a monarchy by Maximiliano I, the younger brother of Austrian emperor Franz Joseph. He lived with his wife Carlota in Mexico's only castle: 'Castillo de Chapultepec'.

2. Mexico’s Mega Diversity

Mexico is one of the most bio-diverse countries on the planet, falling into a category of “mega-diversity” alongside 11 other countries who house 70% of the world’s species of flora and fauna.

1. Real Name

You might know the country simply as 'Mexico', but its real name is 'United Mexican States' (Estados Unidos Mexicanos).

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Horable Mentions

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A. Zero

The ancient cultures in Europe and Asia had a numerical system, but Mexican Mayans actually invented the zero. They were also renowned astronomers.

B. Mexico Has States

Yeah, the U.S. is not the only country that's divided into states. Hence the name, 'United Mexican States'. There are actually 31 of them, including Quintana Roo – house of Cancun – and Baja California Sur – house of Los Cabos.

C. Yucatán

'Yucatán' in Mayan language means 'I don't understand', which is what Mayans told Spanish conquerors when they asked the name of the place. Now Yucatan is a state lol

[Anonymous]

I never understood why so many other Hispanics don't want to be Mexican. The history is very interesting.

[condor78]

It's because how the media portrays them
They should be proud of who they are

[Fugue]

Because the ones represented the most in the US are the ones that represent the lower poverty classes that came from there, largely illegally.

[madhatters4]

very cool. one of my favorite places to travel is the baja peninsula (and no not cabo san lucas).

[DodgersGM]

Mexico is an incredibly beautiful country. I've only been there three times, but I'd love to go back and get further off the beaten path, and see the REAL (aka non-touristy) Mexico.

And I definitely want to see the Tulum Ruins. My god.

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[WhatTheHellAmy]

I love Tulum, my mom lives there and I go visit her every weekend :)

[Star_Lord]

I also know there are a lot of hot chicks in Mexico, And I know one being called WhatTheHellAmy, And she don't want to be my sidechick. You got a mexican girl, You got the Mexico. But thanks there is only one State and one country is the best, It called United States of America.

[WhatTheHellAmy]

America sucks XD jk

Thanks dude and hell no, I won't be your side chick

[VictoriousSausage]

Interesting take, Nice use of David Tennant at the end (gotta love series 2-4). This is really interesting, i find Mexico's government a little concerning though, and i think thats what a lot of people think about when they think of that country. The beautiful one has a bad reputation...

[Bluemax]

About the number zero. The Indians and Arabs also had zero. It is uncertain if the Mayan or the Indians invented it first. Either way, they invented it independently since neither civilization had contact with the other at the time they invented it.

The Aztecs, Mayans, and Toltec all had two calenders : a 365 day solar calendar, and a 260 something day calendar which seems to be based on the planet Venus's year. Their religious beliefs centered around the planet Venus.

[ConsultantIsBack]

I knew these except the real name. Me gusta mexico! pesar soy un gringo por eternidad, amor a las latinas y comida mexicana y horchata y la cultura y playas. 😁👍

[WhatTheHellAmy]

LATINAS LOVE YOU <3

[ConsultantIsBack]

Made my day!!

[plaisirdamour]

yes mexico is known for the beaches indeed.

[ConsultantIsBack]

@plaisirdamour Best beaches <3 Cabo, Puerto Vallarta, Cancun. Hnnggg

[plaisirdamour]

I have never been to Mexico but I don't go for the women lol but I am fluent in English and Spanish

[plaisirdamour]

*would not go

[ConsultantIsBack]

@plaisirdamour Mexicans esta muy caliente. Oooooii mama citas👍😍

[ConsultantIsBack]

Mexicanas*

[WhatTheHellAmy]

I would kill to hear you say that in real life XD

[ConsultantIsBack]

Hahaha so I can read and write a good amount of Spanish but I have the WORST accent and can't understand when they start talking all fast lol

[plaisirdamour]

Lol cool but I'm not mexican I do have mexican ancestors. I'm black and white. I grew up speaking Spanish. You would not understand me then because I speak Spanish fast

[WhatTheHellAmy]

I wanna hear it 😞

[ConsultantIsBack]

Want me to do a voice note for you?

[WhatTheHellAmy]

yaaaaay

[YusiBear]

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No, it was us Indians that came up with zero!
What you playing at?

Cool take by the way...

[Doffydood]

Fun fact about Mexico City for you:
The whole place is built on a dried lake bed, so any earthquake that it experiences is super boosted to become catastrophic. Contrary to the dangers posed by that, the Torre Mayor is the safest building in the world, and it sits right in the middle of Mexico City. It's resistant to up to 8.5 on the Richter Scale, which is a base 10 logarithmic scale remember :P

[jacquesvol]

I would like to add this map: it shows how much of Mexico the United States conquered and which American states were Mexican until the US started invading and fighting:

https://i65.tinypic.com/25zs9yr.jpg

[jacquesvol]

In Mexican–American War (1846–48), Mexico lost over half of its territory to the United States.

[FatherJack]

Mexico also brought the rest of the world chili peppers , now grown & enjoyed worldwide. Quite a few Brits visit Cancun , want to go & also go off the beaten track too. The Mayan number chart looks also like military rank badges. Another great take !!

[lonerider]

1. Mexico City is 19th in the world by population
2. The Indians ( from India) invented zero.
3. Pretty much every country in the world is divided into states.
Please do some research before writing any other myTakes.. or in this case, just copying them.

[WhatTheHellAmy]

www.nationsonline.org/oneworld/bigcities.htm

sixth

www.livescience.com/27853-who-invented-zero.html

babylonians apparently

geography.about.com/.../countrydivision.htm

ehhh nope

[lonerider]

en.wikipedia.org/.../List_of_cities_proper_by_population
19th

[lonerider]

The babylonians didn't use it as a number per se.. They denoted it as 'nothingness'. But anyway, my point was that what you mentioned about mexico is wrong

[lonerider]

The link you mentioned actually proves my point- "While most people are familiar with the fifty states of the United States and the ten provinces and three territories of Canada, most other countries are also divided into administrative districts."
That is exactly what i said. MOST OTHER COUNTRIES ALSO HAVE STATES. Nothing special about mexico.

[WhatTheHellAmy]

https://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0762524.html

fourth XDDDDD

[lonerider]

See the difference between the website you are quoting and i am quoting. Any random website and quote any random no. Wikipedia has official census numbers my dear. You can stop trying now

[WhatTheHellAmy]

yeah, okay lol

thanks for proving me wrong :)

[lonerider]

Nevermind, you were sweet for not bashing me. Otherwise, i dont even bother replying to assholes. My time is too precious :P

[WhatTheHellAmy]

Why should I? XDD I'm just doing this crap for the xper points so I never check if it's right or not XD I just trust those sites lol

but don't tell anyone!! XD

[lonerider]

But you'll have to offer me something to bind my tongue. It wiggles a lot :P

[WhatTheHellAmy]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-2nTDYheCM

wifi or candy, choose

[lonerider]

CANDY! CANDY!! CANDY!!!

[WhatTheHellAmy]

wifi it is :DDDDD

[lonerider]

bitch :(

[WhatTheHellAmy]

lol thanks

[lonerider]

But i want candy :( :( :(

[lonerider]

Why would cheat me?

[WhatTheHellAmy]

cuz I'm mean :D

[lonerider]

But I am a good boy :(

[WhatTheHellAmy]

It doesn't change a thing, I'm bad! XD

[QuestionMan]

Wow interesting take.
I already knew some of these things but I was surprised by Yucatán.
Nice Dr. Who pic by the way :)

[WhatTheHellAmy]

Haha thanks a lot! 😁😁

[mr90skid]

Azteca!! I wanna go watch a national game there, heard its a dope stadium
Just past midnight and I already learned something new :) cool take

[WhatTheHellAmy]

Thanks 😊

[BrieLove]

Wow gran myTake! Que tomó un tiempo eh? De todos modos yo no sabía que sabía mucho acerca de México! También usó usted Traducir al ver esto? :P

[WhatTheHellAmy]

¡Muchas gracias!
No mucho, me tomó como una hora. Tuve que buscar algunas cosas en el internet.
No sé a qué te refieres XD pero mi lengua materna es el Español.

[mutedaisy]

I knew all except for 5. That's really surprising:0 Here I am struggling to learn just Spanish lol I want to learn it before I have children.

[WhatTheHellAmy]

Come on, you can do it! :)

[mutedaisy]

Trying... Lol it is hard and I have no idea what my family is talking about :<

[WhatTheHellAmy]

do they speak it?

[spuitkaas]

Awesome. I actually didn't know anything about Mexico. Only that Mexico is number 1 in the obesity charts. I would love to go there once.

[WhatTheHellAmy]

Hopefully you come soon! :D

[spuitkaas]

Probably not. My parents are not big travelers and I ain't got money.

[WhatTheHellAmy]

Oh well :/ you will come someday hopefully :D

[condor78]

How could you only know about the negative. I've seen just as much obesity here as I have in the u. s.

[spuitkaas]

@condor78 no idea. I don't know anything about Mexico basically. Only things I know is
Mayans
Desert
They speak Spanish
And they're number 1 overweight country
That's just a fact you hear on the internet. It's like asking an American to tell something about Romania. Mexico is not as obvious for me as it is for people from the USA.

[WhatTheHellAmy]

What did you know about netherlands dude? lol

[condor78]

I don't nothing about the Netherlands sorry

[OpenWine]

Living in Cancun is crazy for teens who are into party. I think Ultra festival is there? And I've also watched gordie/jersey shore. Gordie was with some crazy fuckd up teens in cancun and 2dai I don't know why I found that funny.

[WhatTheHellAmy]

Nope :( not ultra festival but we do have lots of concerts all years lol
I went to one this year, I'll go to another one on 24th and another the next year, January 2nd

[OpenWine]

I wish my feet wouldn't hurt. If I don't have my feet I die

[WhatTheHellAmy]

eh okay hahaha

[plaisirdamour]

I remember reading somewhere that mexico is one of the fattest countries. Also, I the slavery system for the Aztecs was different from America, slaves had rights and were allowed to marry free man and it was used to pay off debts. The people who were sacrificed were actually not slaves.

[abundantlyrich]

Interesting read. You left out the drug cartel that are constantly gunning people or cutting them up brutally in broad day light.

[WhatTheHellAmy]

Hahah duuuuude

[condor78]

There is more to Mexico than that. there are a lot of good hard working people there that aren't even involved with that.

[WhatTheHellAmy]

@condor78 true dat dude

[Northeast106]

Also, Mexico is the only Latin American nation to win it's independence from Spain on it's own. I didn't know half of this list though lol.

[WhatTheHellAmy]

and I didn't know that!

[Northeast106]

@asker And now you know... lol

[WhatTheHellAmy]

hahaha I do :)

[BroDudeBro]

I am fascinated with Mexico and I want to holiday there at some point. Thanks for sharing these interesting facts.

[WhatTheHellAmy]

Thanks to you! hopefully you come soon :D