We continue our review of data and curious strangers from different countries and cities around the world. This time we will turn sights and important data that we noticed when strangers came to this country. Curiosities like; The highest village in Argentina, a community living in isolation or in the Middle Ages, the inventor of the pen or the highest scorer in the history are some of the stops on this trip we will do. Well then … let's start now !.
– The highest peak in the Andes and the Americas is Mount Aconcagua, located in Mendoza province, 6959 meters high.
– Olacapato is the highest village in Argentina, within the Department of the Andes, over 4,000 meters above sea level.
– Argentina has been honored with five Nobel Prize winners, two of the Peace, two medical and one for chemistry.
The Quilmes, the national beer of Argentina, was named by the name of an Indian tribe in northwestern Pakistan, the Indian kilmės. The first brewery was established in the town that bears its name.
– The Cadillo is a small rural town shared by three provinces: San Luis, La Rioja and Cordoba.
– They have one of the best wine valleys of world production in Mendoza.
– In the pampas of Argentina lived a core group of Mennonites, as a people living in the Middle Ages, with its own rules, customs and laws.
– László József Biró, of Hungarian origin, he emigrated to Argentina and in 1938 invented the "pen" or "Birome" also known as "pen". On her birthday, Sept. 29, is a holiday and commemorates the day of inventions. The patent system is the same as the roll-on deodorant. Other inventions Argentines are buses, the fingerprinting system or the delicious cakes and sweet milk.
– Tango, the dance enveloped in the smoke of passion and sensuality that goes beyond the dance, which is an intangible cultural heritage of humanity.
– Between Monte Hermoso and Bahia Blanca there is a deposit of remains of prehistoric animals.
– Rio de la Plata in the party joined the Paraná and Uruguay river, is the widest river in the world.
– 7 Natural Wonders of Argentina have been chosen: the Brown Glacier, Iguazu Falls, the Valley of the Moon, the Quebrada de Humahuaca, Aconcagua, Myrtle Forest and the Hill of Seven Colors.
– Between 1995 and 2000 the glaciers of Patagonia melted doubled in the last 20 years prior.
– The highest scorer of all time has been Argentina Gabriel Batistuta, ahead of such illustrious names and important as Mario Kempes, Diego Maradona or Hernan Crespo.
– The oldest university in South America is the National University of Cordoba, founded in 1613.
We will continue with some curiosities over Argentina, which still hides many interesting facts about what may never had not stopped to think or even imagine.