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...that the title story from Shakespeare's Memory by writer Jorge Luis Borges is about a man who is given the memory of William Shakespeare?
...that Griselda Siciliani (pictured) won the Argentine Clarín Award and Martín Fierro Award as new female artist in 2005?
...that the Brazilian government's order for dreadnought battleships led to a South American naval arms race?
...that when Britain took the dispute over the sovereignty of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands to the International Court of Justice in 1955, Argentina declined to cooperate?
...that Argentine-Korean actor Chang Kim Sung made a parody of the "Gangnam Style" in the TV series Graduados?
...that Jorge Luis Borges wrote his short story "There Are More Things" as a memorial to H. P. Lovecraft?
...that the Beagle Channel in Tierra del Fuego National Park in Argentina is named after the British ship Beagle (pictured), which sailed with the explorer Charles Darwin in 1833–34?
...that trade unions in Argentina have traditionally played a strong role in the politics of the nation, with approximately 40% of workers in the formal economy being unionized?

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