12 facts you may not know about Argentina

They are our neighbors, they have excellent football players, and the cuisine is amazing. But what else do you know about Argentines? With that in mind, we have compiled a list of unusual facts about hermanos to help those who are thinking of making a leap in Argentina - or just like random knowledge. And if you are thinking of visiting the country, check out deals on TripAdvisor.

1. The name “Argentina” comes from Latin, argentum . Once upon a time there was a legend in Spain about a silver mountain in Argentina, so the original European settlers believed that the country would be full of this metal.

2. The present Pope Francis, 266th Pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church, is a native of Argentina and the first non-European to occupy the position. Did you know that he has even worked as a barber in his home country?

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3. Argentine Quirino Cristiani created the world's first animated film "El Apóstol" in 1917. The film was 70 minutes long and more than 58, 000 frames ... 14 frames per second.

4. In Argentina, ferrets are groomed and sold as toy poodle dogs. They receive steroids from birth and can cost up to $ 150! In fact, the case was news in 2013, when a scammer deceived several people there, but fame continues!

5. Argentina was where the world's first baby was legally recognized as having two parents. Born in Buenos Aires in 2012, the child has two parents listed on her birth certificate. The country was also the first in Latin America to legalize same-sex marriage in 2010.

6. At least one in 30 Argentines underwent cosmetic surgery, and more than 30% reported some form of eating disorder. Argentines have the highest rate of anorexia, second only to Japan, and about one in eight patients treated for the disorder are men.

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7. Argentina was the first country to use fingerprint to find out if a person was guilty of a crime. The first known example of fingerprint occurred in June 1892, when police resorted to a bloody fingerprint left on a door to incriminate Francisca Rojas for the murder of her two children.

8. Spanish spoken in Argentine is referred to as “lunfardo”, which is a type of slang that emerged in Buenos Aires around 1900. It is more similar to Italian than Mexican Spanish and may have emerged as a form of criminal slang. .

9. Argentina is the world's fifth largest wine producer! Our Herman neighbors have been the world's leading wine producers since the 16th century and currently own approximately 1, 800 wineries.

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10. The oldest plants to grow on land were discovered in Argentina and emerged 472 million years ago. They are called hepatic and are very simple without roots or stems.

11. The oldest predatory dinosaur found to date, the Eoraptor, was discovered in Argentina in 1993. The nation has been home to multiple discoveries of gigantic dinosaurs, including Giganotosaurus, which was one of the largest terrestrial carnivores to roam the planet, and Argentinosaurus, which was believed to be 38 meters long and weigh 75 tons.

12. Argentines have the highest movie viewing rates in the world. It is also the only Latin American country to have won Oscar statuettes: in 1985 for "La Historia Oficial" and in 2010 for "El Secreto de Sus Ojos". In Brazil, we remain in the "almost", since we are just the indication.

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