The Scottish city of Aberdeen is known as the "oil capital of Europe" or the "granite city".

The smallest whiskey distillery in Scotland, Edradour in Pitlochry, receives 100,000 tourists a year and produces only 90,000 liters of malt whiskey.

The cloak was created in 1824 by Charles Mackintosh, a chemist, artist and designer from Glasgow. In the UK, this item of clothing is still called the "Mac".

For the first time since 1707, on July 1, 1999, Scotland re-established its own parliament.

Scotland still has its own legal system, separate from England, Wales and Northern Ireland.

The Bank of Scotland, founded in 1695, is the oldest bank in the UK. It was also the first bank in Europe to print its own banknotes.

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