Scottish Whiskey Miniatures
30 Facts about Scotland
1. Scotland has over 700 islands, but only 130 of them are inhabited
2. Television, telephone and video were invented by a Scotsman
3. £ 3000000000 Scotland makes the sale of whiskey a year
4. Edinburgh is twinned with four cities, San Diego, Vancouver, Florence and Dunedin in New Zealand
5. Glasgow City Chambers is a miniature version of the Statue of Liberty
6. Dundee was built in the back of a dormant volcano
7. The deepest part of Loch Ness is 227 feet deep
8. Edinburgh Castle is the most visited tourist attraction in Scotland
9. Scotland is approximately the same size as South Carolina in the U.S. and is about twice the size as the Netherlands
10. Scotland is known as the birthplace of golf
11. The Scottish Football League has a team of England, Berwick Rangers
12. Inverness is now a city, but only has a population just over 42,000 and is the 16th largest city or town in Scotland
13. Edinburgh has been the capital since 1437
14. Annie Lennox Eurythmics former member of band 80 born in Aberdeen and used to work at a fish factory bombing crabs
15. The largest lake in Scotland is Loch Lomond and is 24 miles long
16. Haggis is a traditional Scottish dish is made with sheep intestines
17. Aberdeen says the second largest heliport in the world
18. Glasgow's original underground system cable was operated and is the oldest subway system in the world
19. Finger Print, Tyres and penicillin were invented in Scotland
20. The River Tay is the longest river extends 120 miles
21. The official animal is the unicorn of Scotland
22. The University of Dundee was ranked first in Europe for a survey international scientific
23. Scotland is eighth in the world for per capita alcohol consumption
24. Edinburgh was the first city to have its own fire brigade
25. Former F1 driver Stirling Moss was named after the city of Stirling, the birthplace of his mother
26. Edinburgh is home to Jenners, the most former department store in the world
27. The Southern Upland Way is a route of 212 miles from coast to coast from Portpatrick in Dumfries and Galloway to Cockburnspath in Berwickshire
28. Ben Nevis is located near Fort William is Scotland and the highest mountain in Britain in 1343 m
29. The Isle of Skye has 400 kilometers of coastline and was the home of the Vikings more than 550 years ago
30. Kirkcaldy in Fife was the world capital of linoleum
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