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ADEng TIL Jesús García Corona made the decision to sacrifice his own life to save the people of Nacozari by driving a dynamite laden train that had caught fire away from the town instead of jumping to safety, Mexico, November 7th, 1907.
YpnMP TIL that Mexican General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna lost the state of Texas that he previously captured because he took a siesta and forgot to post guards in the face of the American enemy.
vpy8 TIL the French, under Napoleon III, tried taking over Mexico to use it as a base to help the Confederate States win the Civil War. They failed and a year later Mexico celebrated “Cinco de Mayo” for the first time.