@garfaagel to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.ca • 10 months agoTIL 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.comexternal-linkmessage-square10arrow-up1195arrow-down11
arrow-up1194arrow-down1external-linkTIL 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@garfaagel to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.ca • 10 months agomessage-square10
minus-squareEl Bartolinkfedilink15•edit-210 months agoNot amazing. It’s bullshit. But yeah, in terms of size of the thing, it is amazing.
minus-squareDontMakeMoreBabieslinkfedilink3•10 months agoI 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…
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•10 months agoAccording 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)
Is that a church on top? Amazing.
Not amazing. It’s bullshit.
But yeah, in terms of size of the thing, it is amazing.
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…
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)