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 * ...that over four hundred 4000-year-old carved stone balls (pictured) have been uncovered in archaeological digs in Scotland?


 * ...that the Laigh Milton viaduct, built in 1812, is the oldest surviving railway viaduct in Scotland and one of the oldest in the world?


 * ...that several of the Orkney islands' highest points are named "Ward Hill" due to the many old warning beacons in the area?


 * ...that football players Billy and John McPhail are the only brothers to have both scored hat-tricks for Celtic F.C. against their Old Firm rivals, Rangers F.C.?