Twenty Welsh Facts
20 things you might not know about Wales
1. Canada was explored and mapped by a Welshman called David Thompson.
2. Wales is not represented on the Union Flag of the United Kingdom.
3. The Prince of Wales is not Welsh.
4. One of the national emblems of Wales is a smelly vegetable called a Leek.
5. The world’s first wireless transmission took place in Wales.
6. The last Briton to die in World War I was a Welshman.
7. The Earth’s highest mountain is named after a Welshman, Sir George Everest.
8. The world’s first mail-order shopping began in Newtown, Wales.
9. The Mumbles Swansea Railway was the first to accept paying passengers.
10. The automobile was invented by a Welshman, Oliver Evans.
11. Lawn Tennis was invented by a Welshman, Major Walter Wingfield.
12. The world’s biggest second-hand bookshop is in Wales, in a little town called Hay-on-Wye.
13. Tre’r Ceiri is the largest Iron-Age fort in northwestern Europe.
14. A Welsh coracle (small, ancient boat) crossed the English Channel in 1974.
15. Welsh gypsies were the last to speak to Romani language in Europe.
16. The New York Times newspaper was founded by a Welshman, George Jones.
17. According to legend the Holy Grail was found in Wales.
18. The death penalty in Britain was abolished after the wrongful hanging of a Welshman on February 17th, 1956.
19. There is a large community of Welsh speaking people in Patagonia.
20. The world’s longest railway station name is in Wales -
Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwyllllantysiliogogogoch
