Cornwall is a county in England. It's the most southwestern region of the country, with its own distinctive culture and its own flag with a superb coastline.
Cornwall has a 430 miles long coastline and numerous scenic beaches which has made it a tourist hotspot.
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The waters on the coastline of Cornwall are said to be infected with White Sharks and a Blue Shark (who had lost its way) was also spotted. Dolphins can also be found in these waters.
For years, the Cornish Nationalist movement has demanded either freedom from Britain or greater autonomy in England akin to Scotland and Wales.
Interestingly enough, a major boost to the movement was an episode of the Simpsons where Lisa holds a banner saying "Free Cornwall".
For a region purporting to be its own country, Cornwall has only one city, the city of Truro.
Truro is an extremely beautiful city with large parts of it designated as areas of natural beauty.
The most famous dish in Cornwall is pasties. Made from a pastry, it contains fillings of onion, tomatoes, beef steak and others depending on who's making it. Cornwall is also famous for it's clotted cream which is used to make delicious Ice-cream.
Bodmin Jail was closed in 1927 and since then there has not been a single jail in the county. Today, parts of the Bodmin jail serve as a museum.
There is a local myth that a large alien cat or the 'Beast of Bodmin Moor' roams Bodmin Moor feasting on the livestock. Although, there is no evidence for this, the myth still persists.
Mining has historically been important to Cornwall's economy. For example, the Cornish rebellion of 1497 against King Henry VII started among tin miners. But there hasn't been an operation mine in Cornwall since 1998.
Cornwall has its own type of wrestling called Cornish Wrestling with it's own set of rules and a federation stating the rules and organizing the sport.
Until the dominance of English in the mainland of Britain, Cornish people spoke the Cornish language. It was thought to be all but extinct going in to the 18th and 19th centuries.
However, with the recent rise in Cornish nationalism and some people wanting to revive the language, Cornish is making a resurgence among the people.