Reply With QuoteGreat thread. It's something we should be very proud of but nobody outside of Wales will hear of it. Historically, Wales doesn't tend to blow its own trumpet about its achievements.
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Statistically Wales has a world champion for every 250,000 people. 13 world champions in history is a per capita rate second only to the legendary Puerto Rican's.
More champions per capita than the USA, MEXICO, ENGLAND or IRELAND ( the fighting Irish? Hmmm ).
Cleverley last night improved those statistics still further and with a couple of bright potentials like Andrew Selby it looks still better.
Second best boxing nation on Earth. Who knew?
Maybe our chippy scrappy temperament does produce positives :)
Great thread. It's something we should be very proud of but nobody outside of Wales will hear of it. Historically, Wales doesn't tend to blow its own trumpet about its achievements.
Yup. i discussed this with a scouser I know and he said it was bollocks. I showed him the evidence and he was gobsmacked, and complimentary.
Yma o hyd. There's a reason we're still here I guess.
We've lived in the shadow of England for so long we've forgotten that Wales has plenty to shout about in its own right.
So, how about a "Wales Facts" thread? I'll bet there's a few stonkers out there that a lot of people don't realise about our own country.
Here's one to get the ball rolling:
Welsh mathematician Robert Recorde (c. 1512-1558) invented the equal sign (=), and introduced the plus (+) and minus (-) signs as well as algebra to Britain.
Bill Frost
A simple Pembrokeshire man who beat the Wright Brothers to powered, manned flight.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Frost
Unless it's in rugby.Originally Posted by Colonel Cærdiffi
Then beating England is seen as better than qualifying for the Euros in football...
Cough... We are really good at whining , bitchin' and moaning about our own National successes. World Class in fact ..;)
The powerful Tudor Dynasty, that ruled England and Ireland from 1485 until 1603, originated in the small Welsh hamlet of Penmynydd on Anglesey.
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