Your favorite Ancient Americas "Fun Fact" by Lawrence https://padlet.com/lkunze1_1/AmericasFunFact Please post your favorite Ancient Americas "Fun Fact." DO NOT post your name. But you should include a citation with an active URL so that everyone can see more about the fact. en-us 2019-03-25 14:02:21 UTC 2025-11-09 15:52:43 UTC hello@padlet.com Coroner's Report lkunze1_1 https://padlet.com/lkunze1_1/AmericasFunFact/wish/344839385 HISTORY. History Specials: Coroner’s Report - Aztec Sacrifice | History. YouTube, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQKJRnPpIxw. Accessed 25 Mar. 2019.]]> 2019-03-25 14:24:08 UTC https://padlet.com/lkunze1_1/AmericasFunFact/wish/344839385 Machu Picchu Flyover lkunze1_1 https://padlet.com/lkunze1_1/AmericasFunFact/wish/344841469 National Geographic. Machu Picchu 101 | National Geographic. YouTube, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cnMa-Sm9H4k. Accessed 25 Mar. 2019.]]> 2019-03-25 14:27:58 UTC https://padlet.com/lkunze1_1/AmericasFunFact/wish/344841469 Mayan Doomsday lkunze1_1 https://padlet.com/lkunze1_1/AmericasFunFact/wish/344872468 ABC News. Will the World End in 2012? YouTube, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bt73aE8CZKo. Accessed 25 Mar. 2019. ]]> 2019-03-25 15:23:32 UTC https://padlet.com/lkunze1_1/AmericasFunFact/wish/344872468 Mayan Teeth modification https://padlet.com/lkunze1_1/AmericasFunFact/wish/345357373 Maya Dental Mutilation, Archaeology on Ambergris Caye, Belize.https://ambergriscaye.com/museum/digit3.html. Accessed 26 Mar. 2019.
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The mayans modified their teeth.
]]> 2019-03-26 16:45:34 UTC https://padlet.com/lkunze1_1/AmericasFunFact/wish/345357373 The Children of the Sun https://padlet.com/lkunze1_1/AmericasFunFact/wish/345358347 The Inca Empire: Children of the Sun [Ushistory.Org]. http://www.ushistory.org/civ/11c.asp. Accessed 26 Mar. 2019.

Inca: They called themselves the children of the sun.

]]> 2019-03-26 16:47:29 UTC https://padlet.com/lkunze1_1/AmericasFunFact/wish/345358347 The Mayan Ball Courts anthony_sugantino https://padlet.com/lkunze1_1/AmericasFunFact/wish/345360056 “Top 10 Fascinating Facts About The Mayans.” Listverse, 21 Sept. 2009, http://listverse.com/2009/09/21/top-10-fascinating-facts-about-the-mayans/.
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]]> 2019-03-26 16:50:50 UTC https://padlet.com/lkunze1_1/AmericasFunFact/wish/345360056 Quetzalcoatl’s Nest thomas_calicchio https://padlet.com/lkunze1_1/AmericasFunFact/wish/345360057 “Come & Dream in Quetzalcoatl`s Nest - Condominiums for Rent in Naucalpan de Juárez, Estado de México, Mexico.” Airbnb, https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/10153978. Accessed 26 Mar. 2019.

Quetzalcoatl was one of several important gods in the Aztec pantheon, along with the gods Tlaloc, Tezcatlipoca and Huitzilopochtli. Two other gods represented by the planet Venus are Quetzalcoatl's ally Tlaloc who is the god of rain, and Quetzalcoatl'stwin and psychopomp, who is named Xolotl.]]> 2019-03-26 16:50:50 UTC https://padlet.com/lkunze1_1/AmericasFunFact/wish/345360057 Aztecs Benefits of Chocolate dylan_travis https://padlet.com/lkunze1_1/AmericasFunFact/wish/345360069 Food, in, et al. “The Marvelous Health Benefits of Chocolate: A Curious Medical Essay from 1631.” Open Culture, http://www.openculture.com/2015/02/the-marvelous-health-benefits-of-chocolate.html. Accessed 26 Mar. 2019. 

When chocolate first came to the Aztecs, it was rare and thought of as a drug. Chocolate was also used to help balance the body's humors.

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