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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)

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Is that a church on top? Amazing.

[–] elbarto777 16 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Not amazing. It's bullshit.

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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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 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)