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Facts About Wales and the Welsh

The following facts, well known to all true Welshmen, are not as well known as they should be to those unfortunate enough to have been born outside Wales.

• Welshmen may have settled America before Columbus.
• Canada was explored and mapped by a Welshman.
• Wales is not represented on the British Flag
• The Welsh language is not Gaelic.
• The modern Olympics did not begin in Athens.
• A Welshman invented Lawn Tennis in Wales.
• The Prince of Wales is not Welsh.
• The Holy Grail is found in Wales.
• A Welshman founded The New York Times.
• A Welsh-American invented the automobile.
• The world's biggest second-hand bookshop is in Wales.
• The world's longest railroad station name is in Wales (Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwyll-llantisiliogogogoch).
• Welshmen invented two important mathematical symbols (= ; pi ).
• A Welshman discovered the link between Asian and European Languages.
• The earth's highest mountain is named after a Welshman.
• The world's first wireless transmission took place in Wales.
• A Welshman was the first to transmit and receive radio waves.