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TIL that the world's largest pyramid by volume is not in Egypt, but in Mexico. The Great Pyramid of Cholula has twice the volume. It is 450 m long, but only 66 m tall. (www.bbc.com)
submitted 1 year ago by garfaagel@sh.itjust.works to c/til@lemmy.ca
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[-] Kraven_the_Hunter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 20 points 1 year ago

All hail the great and spicy Cholula - giver of chiles and maker of sauces!

[-] elbarto777@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Ramen!

[-] MaxVoltage@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

our culture is so much greater as americans

[-] JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

modern day pic

[-] DontMakeMoreBabies@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago

Is that a church on top? Amazing.

[-] elbarto777@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Not amazing. It's bullshit.

But yeah, in terms of size of the thing, it is amazing.

[-] DontMakeMoreBabies@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

I guess maybe I meant hilarious? I love the absurdity of it all - "YOUR gods are under MY god so I win!"

The monkey shit we do...

[-] abysmalpoptart@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

According to the article, the spaniards thought it was a big hill. Probably for the best because if they knew what it was they might have tried to destroy it instead (article also mentions they did destroy a different one)

[-] mysoulishome@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I prefer the Tapatio Temple…seems more authentic

[-] Hardeehar@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

The chode of all pyramids

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