[dak]

The first game of rugby in Argentina can be traced back to 1873.

(just saw the 1 fact rule)

[copper04]

Argentina and Great Britan went to war in 1982 over a group of islands 500 Kms off the coast of Argentina called Las Malvinas, ( Faklands to the British)
Most Argentines still passionately argues "Las Malvinas son Argentinas"

[Fr Pat Noise]

Avenida 9 de Julio in Buenos Aires is the widest street in the world.

[Cazlou]

My host when I go to Oslo for New Years is from Argentina. I'm very happy about that!

[Wolfe Tone]

The world's first animated films were created and released in Argentina, by a person named Quirino Cristiani in 1917. Apparently.

[testtech05]

For the prize thats on offer The Argentinian rugby union or Unión Argentina de Rugby (UAR) is one of the oldest in the world and was founded in 1899. It was then named the River Plate Rugby Football Union.

[shrapnel222]

the southern patagonian icefield which contains the perito moreno glacier is the 3rd largest reserve of fresh water in the world.

[eljono]

Ireland has had some relationship with Argentina from quite an early period.
As early as 1535 you can read of two Irish brothers participating in the expedition of Pedro de Mendoza to the River Plate. These were Juan and Tomas Farrel, and they are believed to be the first Irishmen to set foot in what is now Argentina.

[AdeleS]

On 8th March 2009, a Guinness World Record for the most balloons deflated in one minute was set at the Parque Tres de Febrero in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

9,678 purple balloons were deflated in less than one minute by thousands of women!

[cynder]

Diego Armando Maradona is an Argentine former football player and was manager of the Argentine national team between November 2008 and July 2010

[giddybootz]

Antonio de la Rúa is the oldest son of former Argentine president, Fernando de la Rúa (who governed Argentina from 1999 to 2001) and has been dating Shakira since 2000. He proposed to her in March 2001. They are still engaged, not married with Shakira stating their relationship already works as a married couple, and that "they don't need papers for that.

[mfceiling]

Argentina has some of the most beautiful women on earth.
I should know as i methodically viewed them when i was there in 2001.......much to the despair of my then girlfriend/now wife

[cherryghost]

My favourite fact about Argentina is that I'm marrying a beautiful one in January

[zuroph]

An Argentina ordinance demands that disk jockeys play as many tango records as all other types of music combined.

Something I'll have to check out in the wright venue

[highgiant1985]

Nuts I just spotted the last fact I posted was already posted by someone else so I'm posting this instead.

As per the law, the President and Vice President of Argentina should be Roman Catholics.


researched - http://lifestyle.iloveindia.com/loun...tina-1416.html