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Related: Culture Forums, Support Forums101 of the innovations Scotland gave the world
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-britain/so-what-have-the-scots-ever-done-for-us-just-101-of-the-innovations-caledonia-gave-the-world-6289832.htmlIts a fun list.
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beac
(9,992 posts)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_the_Scots_Invented_the_Modern_World
NRaleighLiberal
(60,006 posts)(wouldn't go near the stuff...)
Charlemagne
(576 posts)Its actually very, very good. Dont let the recipe fool you.
NRaleighLiberal
(60,006 posts)(maybe someday...maybe not!)
jmowreader
(50,528 posts)but in the list of "101 things England has afflicted on the world." Bagpipes are down there too, laddie.
dimbear
(6,271 posts)It's no wonder the Enterprise made use of such.
PETRUS
(3,678 posts)US presidents
An astonishing 23 presidents of the United States have Scots or Scots-Irish heritage, including many of the most distinguished: Theodore Roosevelt, Ronald Reagan, Richard Nixon, and Bill Clinton. The George Bushes, senior and junior, also originate from Scotland, though obviously it was Texas that made them that way.
Ilsa
(61,690 posts)Who had some of the most liberal education policies hundreds of years ago. They were far and above more likely to get as many citizens educated compared to other european countries. I believe this push started with John Knox, father of Presbyterianism.