Haggis is the national dish
of Scotland.
Scotland has the least
populated density in Europe.
The furthest you can be from
the coast in Scotland is about 50 miles.
The first person mentioned
in the Bible is a Scot, King James VI.
The last battle to be fought
on British soil was the Battle of Culloden, 1746
Scotland is the only country
in Europe that the Romans could not conquer.
Scotland is the only country
in the world, that Coca Cola is not the best selling soft drink. Irn Bru made by the Barr
company is the best selling soft drink.
The shortest scheduled
flight in the world, is Westray to Papa in the Orkneys, 1.5 miles long and takes 1 minute
14 seconds.
Scots were great adventurers
even in the early Christian era in Rome, there is an inscription on the walls of one of
the Catacombs-" Quid Scoti hic fuerunt". ("The Scots were here").
There are more Scots living
in Canada than any other country abroad.
The greatest distance from
North to South of Scotland is 275 miles and the greatest width is 154 miles.
There has been more major
inventions from the Scots than any other country in the World per head of population.
There are more pipe bands in
America than in Scotland.
The guillotine was used in
Scotland 200 years before it was used in the French Revolution.
The Lincoln Monument in
Edinburgh was the first statue of an American president to be constructed outside the
U.S.A. in 1893 in memory of the Scottish soldiers who fought in the American civil war.
The first medical school in
North America - the University of Pennsylvania 1765 - was modelled on the medical school
at Edinburgh University 1726.
There are over 450 golf
courses in Scotland.
The first Airship to cross
the Atlantic was built in Scotland.
Theodore Roosevelt said of
the Scots " they became the vanguard of our civilisation ".
Edinburgh was the first city
in the world to have its own fire service.
7 Scotsmen were in the US
7th Cavalry with General Custer at the Battle Of Little Big Horn on 25 June, 1876.
Johnny Walker Red Label is
the worlds largest selling whisky.
The Romans called Scotland,
Caledonia.
The Q.E.2 was the largest
ship built in Scotland.
Scotland has 787 islands
most of which are on the west coast.
St Andrews Golf Course is
the oldest in the world.
There are more Scots living
outside of Scotland than inside.
