Mexico's National Day marks the start of the War of Independence against Spain on September 16th 1810. To celebrate here are some interesting and fun facts about Mexico.

The official name for Mexico is Estados Únidos Mexicanos (United Mexican States).

Mexico is the 11th most populated country in the world with around 120 million people.

The Chihuahua is the world’s smallest dog and is named after the Mexican state.

Caesar salad comes from Mexico. It was invented by Caesar Cardini in his restaurant in Tijuana in 1924.

The capital is Mexico City. It is the oldest city in North America.

Mexico City has the highest elevation and is the oldest city in North America. It is also one of the largest cities in the world.

Mexico City is the most traffic-congested city worldwide.

Mexico introduced chocolate, corn, and chillies to the world.

Mexico is the most populated Spanish-speaking country in the world.

8 out of the 50 U.S. states exist on the land that used to belong to Mexico. Prior to 1822; Mexico, Texas, Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, Utah, and California were all Spanish colonies.

Mexico's 34th president ruled the country for one hour.

There is only one gun shop in Mexico.

There is an atomic bomb museum in Mexico that is open for 12 hours a year. It's the location where the first atomic bomb was detonated and it is open between 8 a.m. and 2 p.m. on the first Saturday in April and the first Saturday in October. Admission is free.

Although the Giza pyramid of Egypt is the tallest pyramid in the world, Mexico’s pyramid, Cholula, is the widest. It occupies 4.3 million cubic yards compared to Giza’s pyramid, which occupies 3.4 million. When it was first discovered by the Spanish, it was covered in plants and they assumed it was a hill and built a church on top of it.

Mexico has 68 official languages.

The National University of Mexico was founded in 1551 by Charles V of Spain and is the oldest university in North America .

The first great Mexican civilization were the Olmec, who lived between 1500-400 B.C.

Anthony Quinn was the first Mexican actor to win an Oscar.

The national dog is not the Chihuahua, it is the xoloitzcuintli or Mexican Hairless Dog.

Mayans used to throw hornet nests at their enemies. They were called Hornet Bombs.

Mexican drug cartels make $152 million annually by growing and selling avocados.

The Aztecs played a ritual ball game called tlachtli. The losing team would be sacrificed.
In certain parts of Mexico, artists can pay taxes with their paintings.

On the Tuesday before Lent, the town of San Juan de la Vega celebrates their saint (John the Baptist) by strapping explosives to sledgehammers and then slamming them into the ground.


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