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History
Oxford University is older than the Aztec Empire
Teaching began at Oxford around 1096. Tenochtitlan, capital of the Aztec Empire, was founded in 1325 — over two centuries later.
Mythology
The feathered serpent gave humanity maize
Mesoamerican myth credits Quetzalcoatl with bringing maize to people, sometimes by turning into an ant to steal a single grain from inside a mountain, and with teaching farming and the calendar.