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Villain of the week
Tizoc: Aztec emperor, d.1486
Emperor Tizoc decided to terrify all the other tribes in Mexico with a huge massacre. He took every single man from three Mixtec tribes, 20,000 men, and sent them for sacrifice. It terrified the other tribes in Mexico all right but it also disgusted them. They learned to hate the Aztecs. They knew they would have to wait, but one day their chance would come to overthrow the vicious heart-ripping people. And it did.
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On this day
Thursday 23rd1618
Prague, Bohemia. The royal palace is attacked by a mob and three servants are thrown out of a window. The first cries, ‘Holy Mary! Help!’ And she does! The three men land in a rubbish tip . . . and live smellily ever after.