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The Mystical Money Tree of the Scottish Highlands: A 1,700-Year-Old Tradition

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In the Peak District Forest of the Scottish Highlands in the UK, there is a unique tree which is laden with only money. This tree laden with money has been studded with British coins for 1700 years, there is no corner of its trunk where a British coin is not stuck. […]

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The story behind Glasgow’s iconic Duke of Wellington statue and its well-known traffic cone hat

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The city of Glasgow spends approximately £10,000 every year to remove traffic cones from the head of the Duke of Wellington statue. The Duke of Wellington statue, which first appeared in the early 1980s, has worn an orange traffic cone hat for decades. but how did it get there – and more importantly how did it stay? […]

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