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A study proposed that the Curse of One Rabbit of the Aztec calendar cycle, which was believed to bring famine and disaster in the first year of the 52 year cycle, had a real climatic basis. This was supported by the fact that 10 out of the 13 years in the cycle experienced famine, with one of them being one of the most severe famines in world prehistory.

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A study proposed that the “Curse of One Rabbit” of the Aztec calendar cycle, which was believed to bring famine and disaster in the first year of the 52 year cycle, had a real climatic basis. This was supported by the fact that 10 out of the 13 years in the cycle experienced famine, with one of them being one of the most severe famines in world prehistory.

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