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| POSTED BY: AAVID on 05/17/2008 16:52:32 |
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The Prince of Wales isn’t even Welsh! Wales isn’t represented on the British Flag.
The Welsh language is not actually Gaelic.
Canada was explored and mapped by a Welshman.
A Welshman invented Lawn Tennis.
The New York Times was founded by a Welshman.
The automobile was invented by a Welshman.
The earth's highest mountain is named after a Welshman.
The world's biggest second-hand bookshop is in Wales.
Britain has no Death Penalty, thanks to a
Welshman who was hanged for murder.
Tre'r Ceiri is the largest Iron-Age fort in northwestern Europe.
The world's longest railroad station name is in Wales. -Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwyll-llantysiliogogogoch.
Wales is the most important sheep raising area in Europe.
The last British person to die in WW I was a Welshman.
Welsh prisons were training grounds for the IRA (Irish Republican Army).
Welsh gypsies were the last speak Romani in Europe.
A pungent vegetable is the national emblem of Wales.
The world's first wireless transmission took place in Wales.
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HAPPY Day TO ALL
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| POSTED BY: aileen on 05/21/2008 15:57:19 |
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GREAT FACTS!
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mabuhay mga kabataang pangarap ni rizal!
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| POSTED BY: gerry on 05/22/2008 04:55:44 |
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can you add more aavid, don't you know i am your AVID fan.
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i AM bIcOlaNo GreAt pInoY
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| POSTED BY: ally on 06/26/2008 11:54:45 |
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nice facts, really :D Welshman everywhere ;)) and just to be curious, how's that long name is pronounced?
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Really interesting to listen these facts..nice one
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