Boaz (sobradob)

If I can get one like here I’ll post again

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I’m on base!

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The popular phrase of “burning the boats” comes from a typo. When Hernan Cortes landed in Mexico, he was fleeing Spanish authorities as he had no authorisation to try to invade the Aztecs on what was essentially a scouting mission. So Cortez scuttled the ships, forcing all of his men into being fully committed to the adventure. However, due to mistranslations or bad copywriting, the original word of “quebrar” (to break / scuttle) got translated into “quemar” (to burn).

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