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eppur_se_muova

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2. Mexico City was originally built on thousands of floating islands, which were used to grow crops.

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Sun Mar 22, 2026, 02:24 PM

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Looks like they were a better idea than the Aztecs knew. Only now they're falling into disuse, at least as gardens.

(I believe "Mexico City" was known as "Mexica" when the Spanish arrived, islands all in place. They changed "a" to "o" to masculinize it (just like Columbus changed "pimienta" to "pimiento", to make it sell better). )

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