The unicorn is the official national animal of Scotland. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: The unicorn – Scotland’s national… | National Trust for Scotland (nts.org.uk)
The unicorn is the official national animal of Scotland. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: The unicorn – Scotland’s national… | National Trust for Scotland (nts.org.uk)
With every bottle of Laphroaig whisky, you are entitled to a lifetime lease on a 1ft square plot of land on the Scottish island of Islay. It is a part of Laphroaig’s loyalty program “Friends of Laphroaig. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: Join New Friend of Laphroaig Programme – Plots of Peat – Laphroaig
Scotland has more than 400 words or expressions for snow, according to a project to compile a Scots thesaurus. Academics have documented 421 terms – including “snaw” (snow), “sneesl” (to begin to rain or snow) and “skelf” (a large snowflake). –WTF Fun Facts
In 1724, a Scottish woman was sentenced to be hanged, but she survived and the court ruled she couldn’t be prosecuted further. She was given the nickname ‘Half-Hangit Maggie’ and lived for another 40 years. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/usbiography/d/maggiedickson.html
Hundreds of tiny islands, known as crannogs, around Scotland are actually man made and were constructed out of boulders, clay and timbers by Neolithic people about 5,600 years ago. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.livescience.com/65728-neolithic-human-made-islands.html
In 2007, Scotland spent over £100,000 changing their national slogan from ‘The Best Small Country in the World’ to a “vibrant” new slogan of ‘Welcome to Scotland’.
– WTF Fun Facts
Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/7114861.stm
Scotland spent lots of money on this new national Scotland – WTF fun fact