THINGS YOU NEVER KNEW ABOUT ARGENTINA

AT THE TURN OF THE 20TH CENTURY, ARGENTINA

WAS THE 10TH WEALTHIEST NATION IN THE WORLD.

TODAY IT IS THE 54TH WEALTHIEST. THIS IS DUE TO

INSTABILITY OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST CENTURY

DURING ITS DARKEST DAYS, PEOPLE WERE EVEN

PUSHED OUT OF AIRPLANES WHILE OVER THE OCEAN

WITH WEIGHTS AROUND THEIR FEET. THIS WAS

INTENDED TO PREVENT BODIES FROM BEING

FOUND AS EVIDENCE

POLITICAL PARTIES HAVE THEIR OWN BEER BRANDS

THE TOOTHPASTE BRAND COLGATE FACED MARKETING

ISSUES IN ARGENTINA BECAUSE "COLGATE" MEANS

"GO HANG YOURSELF"

POPE FRANCIS USED TO BE A BAR BOUNCER

IN BUENOS AIRES

9TH OF JULY, IN BUENOS AIRES IS THE

WORLD'S LARGEST AVENUE

ARGENTINA HAS THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF

PSYCHIATRISTS PER CAPITA OF ANY COUNTRY ON EARTH

IN 1977, ARGENTINA SENT A PREGNANT MOTHER TO

ANTARCTICA AND HER SON BECAME THE FIRST PERSON

TO BE BORN ON THE CONTINENT. THEY DID THIS IN

ORDER TO LAY CLAIM TO WHAT THEY CONSIDER

THEIR LAND

CHE GUEVARA, WAS ACTUALLY A MEDICAL STUDENT

FROM ARGENTINA