Homework Help: Please can you tell us an interesting fact about Scotland?

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Homework Help could be a useful Mumsnet topic dont you think?...

...Anyway, ds needs to be armed with a fascinating Caledonian fact next week - can you help?

haggises have one leg shorter than the other so they can run around the hills faster.

Edinburgh has an extinct volcano! (that is true)

Edinburgh was the first city in the world which had its own fire-brigade.

Edinburgh ? the capital of Scotland, like Rome, was built on seven hills.

Until 1603, Scotland had its own King

ooh thanks! keep them coming! Volcano fact getting the biggest thumbs up from my 5 year old so far...(he says he alreasdy knew about the haggis legs!)

I like the fire service one...probably a bit less likely to have been covered by someone else.

The isle of Skye has a thousand miles of coastline - lots of in and out bits!

Oooh and the wearing of tartan was banned by the English in the 18th century