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WTF Fun Fact – Hot Sauce Valentina Ramirez Avitia

December 13, 2021December 13, 2021 by WTF

The hot sauce Valentina was named after the bold 17-year-old Valentina Ramirez Avitia who posed as a man to join the Mexican Revolution. She made it all the way to lieutenant and was expelled when they accidentally discovered her braids. – WTF Fun Facts

Source: The Untold Truth Of Valentina Hot Sauce (mashed.com)

WTF Fun Fact – La Cucaracha Marijuana

March 14, 2020 by WTF

There is a version of the Mexican song La Cucaracha sang by Poncho Villa’s troops in battle during the Mexican Revolution that is about a cockroach that can’t walk because it doesn’t have marijuana to smoke. – WTF Fun Facts

Source: https://www.leafly.com/news/lifestyle/la-cucaracha-references-marijuana