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WIN tickets to Ireland vs Argentina and entry to an exclusive Smirnoff Party

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  • Registered Users Posts: 1,205 ✭✭✭Yi Harr


    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.


  • Registered Users Posts: 155 ✭✭Rhamiel


    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! :)


  • Registered Users Posts: 25 jimjoe23


    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


  • Registered Users Posts: 5 daithi72


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


  • Registered Users Posts: 489 ✭✭satory


    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.


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  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 949 ✭✭✭maxxie


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


  • Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 29,509 Mod ✭✭✭✭randylonghorn


    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.


  • Registered Users Posts: 112 ✭✭seamy_orr


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


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,026 ✭✭✭B0X


    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.


  • Registered Users Posts: 596 ✭✭✭35notout


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


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  • Registered Users Posts: 11,440 ✭✭✭✭Piste


    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).


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 153 ✭✭Soul Stretcher


    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.


  • Registered Users Posts: 2,277 ✭✭✭poisonated


    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.


  • Registered Users Posts: 6,900 ✭✭✭Quality


    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.


  • Registered Users Posts: 173 ✭✭venividivici


    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.


  • Registered Users Posts: 6,054 ✭✭✭D.Q


    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.


  • Registered Users Posts: 26 mclovin442


    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.


  • Registered Users Posts: 8,087 ✭✭✭dinneenp


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


  • Registered Users Posts: 128 ✭✭leftfooter


    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!

    El%20Rey.jpg


  • Registered Users Posts: 106 ✭✭greenasgrass


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


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 15 shcoff


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


  • Registered Users Posts: 28 cathmhaoil1


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


  • Registered Users Posts: 6,584 ✭✭✭PCPhoto


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

    there is a "Gent" in Argentina


  • Registered Users Posts: 125 ✭✭Firehen


    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.


  • Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 11,370 Mod ✭✭✭✭Hammer Archer


    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.


  • Registered Users Posts: 86 ✭✭PatB71


    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.


  • Registered Users Posts: 2,699 ✭✭✭Santa Claus


    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).


  • Registered Users Posts: 2,699 ✭✭✭Santa Claus


    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 !


  • Registered Users Posts: 4,363 ✭✭✭madmoe


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


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  • Registered Users Posts: 165 ✭✭mayfire


    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


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