Did You Know? by M0B1US
DID YOU KNOW...? (BBC Cardiff Website)Cardiff is said to have more parks, recreation and open spaces per head of population than any other city in the UK, including the huge and sprawling Bute Park in the centre of the city.
Spillers on The Hayes is the oldest record shop in the world, established in 1894 when it sold sheet music.
Cardiff City are still the only non-English club to win the FA Cup, beating Arsenal 1-0 in the 1927 final at Wembley. In fact, the trophy was generally known as the English Cup until the Bluebirds' famous victory.
Author Roald Dahl was born in Cardiff to Norwegian parents - the Oval Basin in the bay has been renamed Roald Dahl Plass in his honour.
The first million pound cheque in the World was signed at the Coal Exchange in Cardiff Bay.
Comedian Bob Hope's parents were married in Cardiff in April 1891.
The first British news film ever recorded was of the Prince and Princess of Wales visiting the Cardiff exhibition of 1896.
Captain Scott, of Antarctic fame, made his final voyage from Cardiff port.
Marconi broadcast the first radio signal in the world across water from nearby Lavernock Point.
The Welsh name for Cardiff is Caerdydd which has two meanings. The first is "seat of Dydd", with the identity of Dydd being uncertain, but probably the Roman commander Aulus Didius. The second is that it could stand for "fortress on the Taff" - you decide... ;-)
