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...that mate tea served in a traditional gourd cup should never be stirred with the straw; as doing so is considered poor etiquette in Argentine tea culture?
...that Hernando Arias de Saavedra was the first native-born governor of a New World colony and issued the order leading to the modern-day partition of Argentina and Paraguay?
...that actress Andrea Pietra suggested the inclusion of Paola Barrientos in the cast of Graduados?
...that Nazario Benavídez (pictured), for many years governor of San Juan Province, Argentina, was later imprisoned and murdered?
...that although José Rivera Indarte wrote the Blood tables against Juan Manuel de Rosas, he had previously been his supporter?
...that Virginia Bolten was deported from Argentina to Uruguay in 1902 because of her anarchist activities?
...that the title story from The Book of Sand by Argentine writer Jorge Luis Borges describes a book with an infinite number of pages?
...that the Boudougate led to the attempted impeachment of Argentine Vice President Amado Boudou?

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