21-25 Argentina Facts
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21. The only military land operation in Antarctica was conducted by Argentina in 1965. At the American base at the South Pole, the expedition was invited to have a meal after they explained that they weren’t Soviets. – Source
22. Some societies discourage casual smiling. For example, one study revealed that in countries such as Argentina, India, and the Maldives, smiling was associated with dishonesty. – Source
23. 50 Canadian beavers introduced to Argentina in 1946 are now 200,000 and are threatening the local ecology. – Source
24. The same font is used on highway signs in Argentina, Canada, the United States, Mexico, Australia, Spain, Venezuela, the Netherlands, Brazil, China, Taiwan, Malaysia, Indonesia, India, Mongolia and New Zealand. – Source
25. The city of Buenos Aires, Argentina, voted to remove a prominent 19thc. monument to Christopher Columbus adjacent to La Casa Rosada and replace it with a statue of Argentine independence guerrilla fighter Juana Azurduy, “we are not annulling history, we are telling it from another perspective”. – Source
26-30 Argentina Facts
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26. There exists an impactful cave painting in Argentina at least 9000 years old that is an entire wall of silhouettes of human hands. – Source
27. A 10-year-old Argentinian (and future serial killer) served 2 months in jail for masturbating which was illegal at the time in Argentina. – Source
28. Between 1976 and 1983 around 30,000 people went missing in Argentina. – Source
29. The biggest land animal ever was a 77-ton titanosaur found by a farmer in Argentina. – Source
30. On April 6, 2007, four-inch wide spiders rained from the sky in Argentina. – Source
31-35 Argentina Facts
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31. The Ford Falcon was discontinued in the U.S. in 1971 but was redesigned and produced throughout Argentina in 1991. It was known there as the official vehicle of the military junta. – Source
32. For a short time, a portion of the State of California was under the flag of Argentina. – Source
33. In 2009, Pepsi started marketing itself as Pecsi in Argentina in response to its name being mispronounced by 25% of the population and as a way to connect more with all of the population. – Source
34. There is no landmass between the latitudes of the southern tip of Argentina and the northernmost point of Antarctica, consequently, the oceans in that range are able to be the roughest in the world. – Source
35. A hedge fund in the United States was able to seize an Argentinian warship because Argentina defaulted on its credit. – Source
36-40 Argentina Facts
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36. The Chacoan Peccary is an example of a “Lazarus taxon”, a species thought to be extinct only to be rediscovered. It was previously known only from fossil records until it was found alive in Argentina in 1971. – Source
37. Fire ants came from Northern Argentina, where they learned to become complete b*stards by fighting other ants. – Source
38. Argentina has the largest consumption of red meats in the world. – Source
39. Florentino Ameghino, a paleontologist in Argentina in the 1890s, discovered evidence of cohabitation between humans and Megatherium (the giant ground sloth). – Source
40. The age of consent in Argentina is 13 years. – Source