1. Scotland has only 5 million inhabitants, about 8.5% of the UK’s population.
2. The motto of Scotland is ‘No one provokes me with impunity’.
3. Theatre lovers from around the world come to Edinburgh for its famous theatres festival.
4. Edinburgh was the first city in the world with its own fire-brigade.
5. Television, telephone, video cassette recorder, finger printing, home of golf, tarmacadam, and penicillin were all Scottish inventions.
6. Edinburgh – the capital of Scotland, like Rome, was built on seven hills.
7. Scotland’s area is 78,772 km. It is the 112th largest country in the world by size.
8. The animal symbol of Scotland is the unicorn.
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