# Mexico
A Prank Led to America’s First Nominated Female to Office, and Other Lesser Known American History Facts
Did you know that the first American woman to ever become mayor was elected as a result of a sexist prank that backfired on the pranksters? Or that the first time America…
Mexico’s President is Asking for an Apology from King Felipe VI and the Pope 500 Years After Historical Conquest
No matter what war you are thinking about throughout history, they all end badly for someone because somebody's loved one…
20 Downright Bizarre Details About the History of Chocolate that We Love to Sink Our Teeth Into
Every day, highways around the world are packed with trucks hauling literally tonnes of sweet, sugary packets of brown confectionary:…
A Series of Catastrophic Events and Decisions Led to the Tragic Fall of Montezuma
Montezuma II (circa 1467 – 1520, reigned 1502 - 1520) was the Aztec Empire’s Tlatoani – a position equivalent to…
10 Times The Past Was Crazier Than People Could Ever Imagine
We might be living through what many consider to be strange and weird times today, but we are not the…
A Skirmish at Cajamarca in 1532 Led to the Downfall of the Incan Empire
The discovery of Machu Picchu by Hiram Bingham in 1911 helped bring global attention to the once mighty Inca civilization.…
10 Lesser Known Foreign Attacks on US Soil
Pearl Harbor, 9/11, and the War of 1812 are what most people think of when they think of attacks on…
Killing the Duke: Did Stalin Really Order The Assassination of John Wayne?
The infamous dictator, Joseph Stalin, was notoriously paranoid and saw enemies everywhere but did he really ask his minions to…
Tenochtitlan: 8 Things You Didn’t Know About The Aztec Floating City that Rivaled Venice
“Even we who have seen these things with our own eyes, are yet so amazed as to be unable to…
Thousands of Southerners Fled the U.S. after the Civil War and Ended Up in this Country
The American Civil War left large regions of the United States utterly devastated. Most of that devastation was located in…