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* ... that '''[[HMS Vidal|HMS ''Vidal'']]''', the ship sent to [[Annexation|annexe]] [[Rockall]] ''(flag hoisting pictured)'', was named after '''[[Alexander Thomas Emeric Vidal|Alexander Vidal]]''', the first man to properly survey the [[islet]]? |
* ... that '''[[HMS Vidal|HMS ''Vidal'']]''', the ship sent to [[Annexation|annexe]] [[Rockall]] ''(flag hoisting pictured)'', was named after '''[[Alexander Thomas Emeric Vidal|Alexander Vidal]]''', the first man to properly survey the [[islet]]? |
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* ... that according to a [[Manx Chronicle|medieval source]], '''[[Assassination of Ingimundr|Ingemund]]''' was supposed to have been declared [[King of Mann and the Isles|king]] in the [[Hebrides]], but his [[rape|raping]] and [[pillaging]] enraged the locals, and he was slain on [[Lewis]] in 1097? |
* ... that according to a [[Manx Chronicle|medieval source]], '''[[Assassination of Ingimundr|Ingemund]]''' was supposed to have been declared [[King of Mann and the Isles|king]] in the [[Hebrides]], but his [[rape|raping]] and [[pillaging]] enraged the locals, and he was slain on [[Isle of Lewis|Lewis]] in 1097? |
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* ... that the '''[[St Kilda field mouse]]''' lives {{convert|100|mi|km}} off the coast of Scotland, and is twice the size of [[Apodemus sylvaticus|mainland mice]]? |
* ... that the '''[[St Kilda field mouse]]''' lives {{convert|100|mi|km}} off the coast of Scotland, and is twice the size of [[Apodemus sylvaticus|mainland mice]]? |
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* ... that the [[Orkney|Orcadian]] '''[[Sea Mither]]''' confines the '''[[nuckelavee]]'''? |
* ... that the [[Orkney|Orcadian]] '''[[Sea Mither]]''' confines the '''[[nuckelavee]]'''? |
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Latest revision as of 16:59, 21 December 2018
- ... that HMS Vidal, the ship sent to annexe Rockall (flag hoisting pictured), was named after Alexander Vidal, the first man to properly survey the islet?
- ... that according to a medieval source, Ingemund was supposed to have been declared king in the Hebrides, but his raping and pillaging enraged the locals, and he was slain on Lewis in 1097?
- ... that the St Kilda field mouse lives 100 miles (160 km) off the coast of Scotland, and is twice the size of mainland mice?
- ... that the Orcadian Sea Mither confines the nuckelavee?