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The Aztecs believed that the day of your birth dictated your entire life from luck to if you were prone to addictions or infidelity. The social stigma from a "cursed" birthday could be life ruining. Did parents ever lie about a birth day to spare their child the stigma?

by /u/Chicano_Ducky in /r/AskHistorians

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