Portal talk:Mexico/Did you know

This is an archive of previous facts featured in Portal:Mexico/Did you know. Oldest at the bottom:

... that Mexico's national flower is the dahlia?
... that Mexico City is the largest metropolitan area in Latin America, and the second-largest in the Americas behind New York?
... that El Cinco de Mayo commemorates the victory of Mexican forces led by General Ignacio Zaragoza over the French expeditionary forces in the Battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862?