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shrapnel222 · 20-11-2010 12:11pm

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

eljono · 20-11-2010 12:47pm

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 · 20-11-2010 1:32pm

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 · 20-11-2010 2:49pm

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

giddybootz · 20-11-2010 2:49pm

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 · 20-11-2010 3:46pm

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 · 20-11-2010 4:10pm

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

zuroph · 20-11-2010 4:40pm

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 · 20-11-2010 4:54pm

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/lounge/facts-about-argentina-1416.html

andreac · 20-11-2010 7:22pm

The hottest and coldest temperatures ever recorded in South America have occurred in Argentina.

Yi Harr · 20-11-2010 7:41pm

The first record of Darwin's idea that all living things are related and share a common ancestry came when he sketched a diagram of an evolutionary tree.

The branching lines of the evolutionary tree were based on the structure of an alga specimen (Amphiroa orbignyana), which Darwin collected in Argentina.

Rhamiel · 20-11-2010 9:48pm

A great fact about Argentina is that the world famous tango dance was invented and developed in Bueno Aires in the mid 19th century where it went on to set many a heart and dance floor alight throughout the globe!

jimjoe23 · 20-11-2010 11:12pm

The earliest reference to hurling in Argentina dates from the late 1880s in the ranching town of Mercedes, Buenos Aires, a major center of the Irish-Argentine community. Games of hurling were played every weekend until 1914 and received frequent coverage even from Argentina's Spanish language newspapers like La Nacion

daithi72 · 20-11-2010 11:14pm

Argentina.....is an anagram of A GREAT INN..... ibet they sell loads of smirnoff there !!!!

satory · 21-11-2010 12:19am

Argentina is seperated into 23 provinces, 19 more than what Ireland is divided into.

Those provinces are:
Buenos Aires Province, Catamarca Province, Chaco Province , Chubut Province, Córdoba Province, Corrientes Province, Entre Ríos Province, Formosa Province, Jujuy Province, La Pampa Province, La Rioja Province, Mendoza Province, Misiones Province, Neuquén Province, Río Negro Province, Salta Province, San Juan Province, San Luis Province, Santa Cruz Province, Santa Fe Province, Santiago del Estero Province, Tierra del Fuego Province and finally Tucumán Province.

maxxie · 21-11-2010 1:04am

In 1929, Argentina had the world's 4th highest per capita GDP

randylonghorn · 21-11-2010 1:11am

Polo was first introduced to Argentina in 1875, and was subsequently embraced by the horse-mad Argentinians to the point where they now dominate the sport worldwide.

seamy_orr · 21-11-2010 3:29am

Argentina has a total of 28 active volcanoes which account for approximately one-fifth of the earth’s active volcanoes.

B0X · 21-11-2010 4:00am

Despite speaking Spanish in Argentina, they actually had a huge number of Italian immigrants almost totaling 60% of the population. Because of this, Italian has contributed so much to Argentinian Spanish that many foreigners mistake it for Italian.

35notout · 21-11-2010 4:23pm

Argentina hasnt needed to borrow millions from their neighbours to bail out some banks

Piste · 21-11-2010 5:51pm

Argentina is home to four, yes FOUR species of penguin! The Rockhopper (so called because they enjoy hopping to rock music), Macaroni (so called because of their fondness for pasta), Magellanic (rumoured to be the descendents of Ferdinand Magellan) and Gentoo (names for their chivalry and politeness to women).

Soul Stretcher · 21-11-2010 8:41pm

Hipólito Yrigoyen

Hipoliti Yrigoyen, twice Argentinine President, was the main impetus behind the obtainment of universal (male) suffrage in Argentina in 1912.

A true hero of the poorer/working classes.

poisonated · 21-11-2010 9:52pm

Argentina made a declaration of its independence from Spain on 9th of July 1816. Interestingly enough, this was the same year that Indiana was admitted as the 19th state.

Quality · 21-11-2010 9:58pm

Argentina controversially bet England in the 1986 world cup when Diego Maradona's arm hit the ball in the goal. It is known as the HAND OF GOD!!

The Irish were delighted.

venividivici · 21-11-2010 11:33pm

In 1999 Argentina's gross domestic product dropped 4% and the country entered a recession, which lasted three years, ending in a collapse. Economic stability became economic stagnation (even deflation at times), and the economic measures taken did nothing to avert it; in fact, the government continued the contractive economic policies of its predecessor. The possible solution (abandonment of the exchange peg, with a voluntary devaluation of the peso) was considered a political suicide and a recipe for economic disaster.

D.Q · 22-11-2010 1:29am

There is a weight limit of 15 kilos (33 pounds) when flying on Aerolineas Argentinas within Argentina if you do not fly Aerolineas Argentinas on the international arrival flight. If you do arrive into Argentina on Aerolineas Argentinas, then domestic weight limit is 20 kilos (44 pounds). Excess baggage charges will be charged at the time of check-in at the airport.

mclovin442 · 22-11-2010 4:39am

Some facts showing Irish and Argentinian rugby is fairly similar:

First International ever: Ireland vs England
Argentina vs England

Largest ever defeat: both to New Zealand in 1997.

Highest ever win: both against teams from America.

Captains: both have played 100 caps for leinster.

Of all the teams Argetina have played in test matches Ireland are their closest competitors with the two teams having played 16 times Argentina have won 7 lost 8 and drawn 1.

dinneenp · 22-11-2010 9:14am

Argentina has close affection for cinema. They have the highest rates of movie viewing in the world.

leftfooter · 22-11-2010 9:52am

Boca Juniors, one of Argentina's big two football clubs, acquired their team colours in unusual fashion. The founders of the club, which is based in Barrio Boca, BA, couldn't agree on what colour their kit should be. Sitting on the docks arguing, they eventually agreed the colours of the new club. It would be decided by the colours on the flag of the next ship that sailed into the harbour. That ship was Swedish, & from that day to this, Boca have worn the famous blue & yellow!

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greenasgrass · 22-11-2010 10:54am

The area of Argentina is 2.7 million square km (approx)

shcoff · 22-11-2010 11:19am

the film director Natalia Smirnoff was born in Buenos Aires on the 14th of may 1972.

cathmhaoil1 · 22-11-2010 12:25pm

The murder rate in Argentina is that of 6.8 murders every 100 thousand inhabitants

PCPhoto · 22-11-2010 2:49pm

FACT !
(checked all the other responses - couldn't find this one)

there is a "Gent" in Argentina

Firehen · 22-11-2010 2:58pm

Laszlo Biro, the inventer of the ballpoint pen, was a Hungarian-Argentine. On the 29th of September, Argentina celebrates Inventor's Day - Biro's Birthday.

Hammer Archer · 22-11-2010 2:59pm

George Hook once described the Argentinian team as the best scrummagers in world rugby. According to him, the second best scrummagers in world rugby were the Argentinian second string side.

PatB71 · 22-11-2010 3:03pm

Che Guevara was keen on rugby and played as a wing three-quarter at school. While at college in Buenos Aires, where he was studying medicine, he founded and edited a rugby magazine called Tackle, which lasted 11 issues. the Buenos Aires police accused Che of spreading communist propaganda after he used his column in Tackle to criticize the class structure within the game, which was then reserved for Argentina's privileged elite.

Santa Claus · 22-11-2010 3:08pm

Argentina is 11th when all the countries of the world are listed alphabetically (which happens to be the current shirt number of Carlos Tevez in the argentinian squad).

Santa Claus · 22-11-2010 3:16pm

Argentinian captain Felipe Contepomi (or Dr Phil to his leinster fans) has a twin brother Manuel who also played rugby for the Pumas and earned 32 caps between 1998 and 2007 !

madmoe · 22-11-2010 3:40pm

More than 20% of the votes in the 2001 elections in Argentina were invalid.

mayfire · 22-11-2010 8:54pm

One of the world's most famous magicians is from Argentina. His name is Rene Lavand.....and he has only one arm. Un mago manco.

Check him out here;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9SmYV0s_SU&feature=related

Bunny Flask · 22-11-2010 9:02pm

Maximiliano Pereyra and Ariel Diaz, who were jailed for robbery offences, dressed up as the animals after escaping from a maximum security jail in Argentina in April 2010. Pereyra, 25, and Diaz, 28, dressed in full sheepskin fleeces with realistic looking heads as they tried to evade capture

Reganio 2 · 22-11-2010 9:58pm

The Teatro Colón, situated in Buenos Aires (the capital and biggest city of Argentina), is one of the prime opera houses in the world.

Redkilkenny · 23-11-2010 12:59am

The tallest mountain in Argentina is called "Aconcagua";)

chillywilly · 23-11-2010 2:19am

In football, Argentina shares with Uruguay the record of most international titles won by a national team (with 19).

mjquinno · 23-11-2010 11:00am

Hugo Porta (born 11 September 1951 in Buenos Aires) is a former Argentine Rugby Union footballer, an inductee of both the International Rugby Hall of Fame and IRB Hall of Fame, and one of the best fly-halves the sport has seen.During the 1970s and 1980s, he played 58 times for Los Pumas, captaining them on 34 occasions, including leading them during their first World Cup in 1987.

n September 2007 Will Carling, the renowned English Rugby Union captain included Porta among his list of top ten rugby players af all time.

flaqueta · 23-11-2010 12:22pm

`couse there`s a place.... where I can go... where I feel gooooood
A little paradise boy!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-HVhwEHHek&feature=related

conor90 · 23-11-2010 12:47pm

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On April 6, 2007, a rain of spiders falls from the sky in Salta Province, Argentina. Christian Oneto Gaona and his friends decided to take a trip to Salta Province during their Easter vacation. They started to hike into the San Bernardo Mountain and two hours later, they found the ground around them was blanketed with spiders of many colors, each about four inches across. They looked up, and saw numerous spiders falling from the sky.

http://en.epochtimes.com/news/7-10-12/60694.html

23-11-2010 12:48pm

Ireland take note!:

Voting is compulsory in Argentina.

LizT · 23-11-2010 4:10pm

Eating establishments (Cafes, cake shops, pizzerias) are open most of the time with the exception between 2.00am and 6.00am, fast food is served all the times, the lunch is served as from 12.30pm and dinner starts from 8.30pm.

u2thepale · 23-11-2010 4:46pm

Argentina has one of the Strangest looking Animals in the World

The Pink Fairy Armadillo is the smallest species of armadillo, growing only to approximately 3½ – 4½ inches long, excluding its tail. It is found in central Argentina, where it inhabits dry grasslands and sandy plains with thorn bushes and cacti. It has the ability to bury itself completely in a matter of seconds if frightened. Me gusta!

can I have one for XMAS ??

Enoy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_TmLA4h9FM

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