Trivia of the Mexican Revolution: 4 curious facts you did not know

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This November 20 marks the 110th anniversary of the beginning of the Mexican Revolution and in order not to tell you the same old stories, we will tell you some curiosities about this event. 

What does the cockroach have to do with the Mexican Revolution? 

What was the role of women? 

Why did Emiliano Zapata not want to sit in the presidential chair at the National Palace? 

Did Francisco I Madero speak with spirits? 

We tell you the truth about these data and at the end of the video, you will learn a little more about the Mexican Revolution and the history of Mexico. 

Thanks to the historian Margarita Espinosa Blas and the popularizer of the story and writer Alejandro Rosas for sharing this information with us!

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Source: animalpolitico.com

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