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Welcome to Aaron Menke's Cabinet of Curiosity's, A Production of IHeart Radio and Grim and Mild.

Our world is full of the unexplainable.

And if history is an open book, all of these amazing tales are right there on display, just waiting for us to explore.

Welcome to the Cabinet of Curiosity's.

In 1593, Mexico City was somehow both old and new at the same time. Built over the Aztec city, Tenocetlan, it was the seat of power for what was known as New Spain, the area

encompassing much of North America.

Back then, there was no such country as the United States, nor Mexico. It was all an extension

of the Spanish Empire into the New World. At the center of Mexico City lay the Plaza Mayor, a

wide-open plaza where the Viceroy's palace sat.

And on October 26th of 1593, palace guards noticed an odd man wandering the plaza.

He looked dazed and uncertain.

More oddly than that, though, he was wearing some kind of uniform, but not one anyone in Mexico

City recognized. The guards approached this

man, asking him who he was and where he came from. The man introduced himself as Gil Perez.

He asked the guards where he was, and they told him that he was in Mexico City, and he seemed

completely incredulous over that news. When pressed to tell them where he came from, all he would say is this.

He was a guard at the governor's palace in Manila.

He had dozed off at his post, and when he opened his eyes, he was here in Mexico City.

The guards were stunned.

Manila was in the Philippines.

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