Portal:Mexico/Did you know
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- ... that the oldest winery in The Americas is in Parras de la Fuente?
- ... that tequila was first produced in the 16th century?
- ... that the word chocolate comes from the Nahuatl word xocolatl meaning "bitter water"?
- ... that Bésame Mucho, a song written in 1940 by Consuelo Velazquez, is according to some sources the most interpreted and performed song of the 20th century?
- ... that the Chontal Maya of Tabasco consider themselves the direct descendants of the Olmec civilization?
- ... that Raul Macias, a Cuban-Mexican boxer parlayed his popularity into a successful career in telenovelas?