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The country is known for its meal, and Argentinian Steak Restaurants are commonplace. One way of preserving the beef for export was to pack it in coarse-grained salt, known as "corns" of salt, hence "Corned Beef". Which means very different things in Britain and America. |
The country is known for its meal, and Argentinian Steak Restaurants are commonplace. One way of preserving the beef for export was to pack it in coarse-grained salt, known as "corns" of salt, hence "Corned Beef". Which means very different things in Britain and America. |
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In the field of science, Argentina has produced many worldwide acknowledged brilliant minds, and it was an Argentine police officer, [ |
In the field of science, Argentina has produced many worldwide acknowledged brilliant minds, and it was an Argentine police officer, [[wikipedia:Juan Vucetich|Juan Vucetich]], the creator of the first fingerprinting system. |
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Argentina's flag is a blue-white-blue horizontal tricolour with a solar disc symbol. The same stripes (with a different shade of blue) can also be seen in most Central American flags: some interpretations implied they originally come from sashes and banners used by the Bourbon kings of Spain, and reflect how the Latin American revolutions actually started out as ''loyalist'' movements when the throne of Spain was usurped by [[Napoleon Bonaparte]]'s brother Joseph. |
Argentina's flag is a blue-white-blue horizontal tricolour with a solar disc symbol. The same stripes (with a different shade of blue) can also be seen in most Central American flags: some interpretations implied they originally come from sashes and banners used by the Bourbon kings of Spain, and reflect how the Latin American revolutions actually started out as ''loyalist'' movements when the throne of Spain was usurped by [[Napoleon Bonaparte]]'s brother Joseph. |
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During the 19th Century and early 20th, there were at least two great waves of immigration, [ |
During the 19th Century and early 20th, there were at least two great waves of immigration, [[wikipedia:Immigration to Argentina|mainly from Italy (contributing around 2.970.000 people) and Spain (contributing around 2.080.000 people]]). Argentina also contains a community of around 20,000 Welsh speakers, descended from colonists who were given permission to settle in Patagonia in the 1860s and largely stayed put, creating a "little Wales far from Wales". Also, through centuries people from neighboring countries have migrated to Argentina, mainly from Bolivia, Paraguay and Peru, because as we mentioned above, Argentina have historically combined quite a few traits which made it one major country in terms of economy, technology, science and education in South America, and arguably the best in Human Development Index in all Latin America. |
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And just for you to know, this is not the only place where [[Those Wacky Nazis|nazis]] escaped to after WWII, and its far more exaggerated in the media than what it actually occurred. Also, [[X Men First Class (Film)|Villa Gessel]] [[They Just Didn't Care|has no mountains]]. It´s a seaside city in the east of Buenos Aires, while the big mountains are located in the west of the country, in the Andes. |
And just for you to know, this is not the only place where [[Those Wacky Nazis|nazis]] escaped to after WWII, and its far more exaggerated in the media than what it actually occurred. Also, [[X Men First Class (Film)|Villa Gessel]] [[They Just Didn't Care|has no mountains]]. It´s a seaside city in the east of Buenos Aires, while the big mountains are located in the west of the country, in the Andes. |
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