Odd factoids

[Drago]

Boris Johnson is in fact Beaker from The Muppets.

 

[classic33]

Scots are more likely to have blue eyes than people in the rest the UK.

Scotland also has the highest percentage of red heads, 13%.

 

[Drago]

The haggis became extinct in Scotland in 1982.

 

[bruce1530]

In Scotland, all schoolchildren are required to do community service, preserving our national and historic monuments.

13% of school kid volunteers are assigned to painting the Forth Bridge. Careless application of the paint gives the impression that these children have red hair.

 

[Threevok]

The Forth Bridge isn't really a bridge at all, but the scaffolding erected to construct a bridge.

Unfortunately the contractor went bust, so they've had to make do

 

[bruce1530]

The forth bridge was not the fourth bridge built across the firth of forth, it was the first.

The new queensferry crossing was originally called the Third Forth Firth bridge

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Boris Johnson is in fact Beaker from The Muppets.

The muppets, when someone is being a complete idiot, call them a Boris.

 

[classic33]

The first train to cross the Forth Bridge was driven by a woman.

 

[Drago]

The Forth Bridge was in fact the third suspension bridge in the UK.

 

[classic33]

The Aberdeen Harbour Board, founded in 1136, is Britains oldest running business.

During its 900 years of operation, it has seen many world events.

 

[Bonefish Blues]

It only recently diversified into seafaring from its original running club roots.

 

[classic33]

It is impossible to dream and snore at the same time.

If you are snoring, then you cannot be dreaming, or vice versa.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Go forth and multiply originated in Edinburgh.

 

[Drago]

Justin Trudeau once went to a fancy dress party in Edinburgh with his face blacked up. This was puzzling, as he'd gone as Alec Salmond.

 

[twentysix by twentyfive]

Alec was once slapped about his face by a fish. Yes the first to be salmond.