Любопытные факты о Шотландии

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The curious facts about Scotland tell you more about extraordinary and magic country that has recorded a mysterious creature from Loch Ness in its Red Book and a unicorn is chosen its official animal of the country.

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I. T he famous Loch Ness monster was written in the Red Book of Scotland in 1912 by special act of Animals' Defense. The first recollection about this elusive monster dates hack to 565 B.C.

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2. There are 750 islands on the territory of Scotland and 130 of them are uninhibited. There are also 965 sq.km freshwater lakes.

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3. Edinburg, the capital of Scotland. as Rome. is build on 7 hills. In Edinburg you can come across to more buildings-monuments than anywhere else.

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4. The Royal Coat of Arms of Scotland reads «Nemo me impune lacessit » in Latin that means "Nobody troubles me without being punished".

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5. The oldest tree in Europe is in Scotland. This is a yew tree in the village Fontingal and it is 5000 years old. According to the legend Ponti Pillat was born and playing in its shadow.

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6. The bank of Scotland is the oldest in Great Britain. It was based in 1695 and was the first bank that started to print its own banknotes.

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7. Among the most well-known inventions opened up by Scottish scientists are TV system, penicillin, telephone, asphalt and methods of logarithms.

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8. The largest amount of red-haired people live in Scotland.

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9.Speaking about Scotland it is impossible to keep silence of the soul of this country Robert Burns... He is like a torch in the way of national self-realizing and expressing of the beauty of Scotland.