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... that the
Devonian
Orcadian Basin
once contained a lake estimated to be hundreds of kilometres across, forming distinctive
sediments
(pictured)
in which a diverse fauna of fossil fish has been found?
...that the election of
Dominican
friar
Laurence de Ergadia
as
Bishop of Argyll
in
Scotland
was voided by
Pope Urban IV
in 1274 on a technicality?
... that the
Tobermory whisky distillery
is located in the village made famous by the children's television show
Balamory
?
... that according to tradition,
the horn
Malcolm MacLeod
supposedly broke off from a raging bull, sometime during the 14th century, now exists as a
drinking horn
and
heirloom
of the
chiefs
of
Clan MacLeod
?