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1. Actress Rose Leslie (Ygritte in Game of Thrones) grew up in Lickleyhead Castle, her family's 15th century ancestral seat in Aberdeen, Scotland. She is a descendant of Charles II.

1. The scars on the face of The Joker (The Dark Knight) is a wound called a Glasgow smile. It originated in Glasgow, Scotland but became popular with English street gangs. Actor Tommy Flanagan was given one when he was attacked outside a bar in Scotland.

01. If you donate $500 or more to a Scottish heritage foundation, Sir Sean Connery will send you a signed personal letter of thanks. #scotland #travel #living #world #adventure #didyouknow #interesting #fascinating

The Celtic Picts of Scotland were the original inhabitants of the area, as modern genetic research has confirmed.

Clans in Scotland have played an important role in shaping the country's history, leaving an indelible mark on the country's cultural identity. Let's take a closer look at some of Scotland's most famous clans and what they're famous for.

Scottish clans (from Scottish Gaelic clann, "children"), give a sense of identity and shared descent to people in Scotland and to their relations throughout the world, with a formal structure of Clan Chiefs officially registered with the court of...

The HGTV host and the actress got engaged in Scotland in August, and opened up exclusively to PEOPLE about the big day in this week's issue

Old photograph of Fishwives in Leith, Edinburgh, Scotland. Fish always formed a large part of the food of the people of the area, and, down to the early days of the nineteenth century, was almost the only meat the poorer classes could afford. Newhaven was the chief source of this supply. For centuries, before the days of railways, the fishwives of Newhaven travelled to their Edinburgh customers by Whiting Loan, through Broughton village and up Leith Wynd, where, they entered the High Street…

DNA analysis and forensic reconstructions of Dark Age bodies could shed light on mysterious mass grave in Scotland.