- 500 years later, scientists discover what probably killed the Aztecs. Within five years, 15 million people – 80% of the population – were wiped out in an epidemic named ‘cocoliztli’, meaning pestilence https://www.popsci.com/500-year-old-teeth-mexico-epidemic 3007 comments science
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