Mount Everest was named after Welshman Sir George Everest from Gwernvale, Breconshire.
Only 21% of the entire Welsh population of Wales can speak the native language.
Wales is believed to have more castles per square mile than anywhere else in the world.
The letters K, Q, V and Z do not appear in the Welsh alphabet.
Famous people from Wales include Richard Burton, Sir Anthony Hopkins, Tom Jones, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Shirley Bassey, Timothy Dalton and Charlotte Church.
Wales is the only part of the UK not to be represented on the Union Jack.
The Seven Wonders of Wales is a list of seven geographic and cultural landmarks in Wales, identified in the late 18th century in doggerel verse. All in North Wales, the list includes Snowdon (the highest mountain), the Gresford Bells (the bells in the medieval church of All Saints at Gresford), Llangollen Bridge in Flintshire, the Wrexham Steeple, the Overton Yew trees and Pistyll Rhaeadr waterfall.
All the statues surrounding Cardiff Castle are of animals.
The Millenium Stadium in Cardiff has the largest retractable roof of any sports arena in the World.
Welshman, Pryce Jones from Newtown Montgomeryshire, created the world’s first Mail Order business.
