Scottish towns: fun facts - Statistics

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This oil hub used to have the world's biggest heliport. The self-seal envelope was also invented here. Aberdeen
94%
In 2014, a woman on a flight to this capital city attacked a passenger with her prosthetic leg. Edinburgh
81%
The gritting lorry keeping this town's roads ice-free was named TroonRaker. Troon
81%
A man from this new town in Fife gets up and cooks meals in his sleep. Glenrothes
69%
In 2014, a man in this former shipbuilding hub robbed a Ladbrokes betting office armed with a cucumber. Glasgow
63%
An 8th century warrior was found buried in this Easter Ross village with four other skulls in the grave. Portmahomack
63%
This town has a university which dates back to 1413. St. Andrews
63%
The man who pioneered the world's first working TV came from this town in Argyll. Helensburgh
56%
A writer flying from this northern city was stopped at Birmingham airport because his haggis was mistaken for a bomb. Inverness
56%
In 1437, King James I tried to flee assassins here via a sewer, but he'd recently had the escape route blocked off to prevent his tennis balls going into it. Perth
50%
Every Ne'erday, people gather here to swim in the frigid water of the Forth. South Queensferry
50%
Mary Shelley once lived in this city, which influenced her novel Frankenstein. It is Scotland's smallest council area. Dundee
44%
Alexander III met his end in 1286; while riding in the dark to this Fife town, he fell off a cliff. Kinghorn
44%
A rare example of a place being renamed thrice, this west coast town was previously called Maryburgh, Gordonsburgh, then Duncansburgh. Fort William
31%
Guinness list this eastern coastal town as having the world's oldest surviving golf course. Musselburgh
13%
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