Top 10 fun facts.............Argentina

Hola Gentle Reader, I had my first Argentinian reader the other day, so here for your delectation are my Argentina facts.

 

1. Argentina is named after the Latin word for Silver.

 

        2. Between 1974 and 1983, 30,000 people went "Missing" in Argentina.                 The Military dictatorship was to blame.

 

3. In 2001, Argentina had 5 presidents in 10 days.

 

4. Pope Francis worked as a bouncer in Buenos Aires.

 

5. In Argentinian Spanish, the toothpaste brand "Colgate" means 

"Go Hang Yourself"

 

6. There is a region of Argentina where people speak Welsh.

 

7. Argentina has the highest number of psychiatrists per capita in the world.

8. Argentina has the second highest rate of anorexia in the world after Japan.

 9. Argentina was the first Latin-American country to legalize same-sex marriage.

 

10. In 1971, Evita Peron's body was exhumed and flown to Spain where her widow and ex-president Juan Peron and his new wife kept her corpse in their dining room.

 

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