Did You Know
Scots have made a difference world wide?

1. The raincoat - patented by chemist Charles Macintosh from Glasgow, Scotland.

2. The road, surfaced by John Macadam of Ayr, Scotland

3. Tires invented by John Boyd Dunlop of Dreghorn, Scotland.

4. Adhesive stamps invented by James Chalmers of Dundee, Scotland.

5. Telephone invented by Alexander Graham Bell, born in Edinburgh, Scotland.

6. Bicycle invented by Kirkpatrick Macmillan, blacksmith of Dumfries, Scotland.

7. T.V., an invention of John Logie Baird of Helensburgh, Scotland

8. U.S. Navy, founded by John Paul Jones of Kirkbean, Scotland.

9. Bible - the first man mentioned in the good book is a Scot - King James V I - Who authorized its translation.

10. Scots make the best Drink in the world.

11. The breech-loading rifle was invented by Captain Patrick Ferguson of Pitfours, Scotland.

12. Penicillin, discovered by Alexander Fleming of Darvel, Scotland

13. Anaesthetic, discovered by Sir James Young Simpson of Bathgate, Scotland.

14. The Bank of England, founded by William Paterson of Dumfries, Scotland.

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