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Happy #BurnsNight everyone! When we celebrate the beautiful poetry Rabbie Burns gave the world. But it's not all haggis and tartan and bagpipes and whisky (NB - no 'e') - here are some of the OTHER brilliant things #Scotland gave the world... 
#whatscotlandgavetheworld
#whatscotlandgavetheworld
The MRI scanner. Developed in my home city of Aberdeen, changing modern medicine forever. #whatscotlandgavetheworld https://uoamuseums.wordpress.com/2016/05/31/worlds-first-whole-body-mri-scanner-now-on-display-in-univeristy-of-aberdeen/
TV 
Without John Logie Baird's hard work, we might still all just be listening to the radio (which, tbh, I'd actually probably be ok with) #whatscotlandgavetheworld
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/baird_logie.shtml
Without John Logie Baird's hard work, we might still all just be listening to the radio (which, tbh, I'd actually probably be ok with) #whatscotlandgavetheworldhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/baird_logie.shtml
Penicillin 
Discovered by Alexander Flemming. Literal life-saver.
#whatscotlandgavetheworld https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/1945/fleming/biographical/
Discovered by Alexander Flemming. Literal life-saver.
#whatscotlandgavetheworld https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/1945/fleming/biographical/
The Encyclopaedia @Britannica. The original search engine. First published in Edinburgh in 1768. #whatscotlandgavetheworld https://www.britannica.com/topic/Encyclopaedia-Britannica-English-language-reference-work
IRN-BRU! There are only a few countries in the world where Coke is not the number 1 selling drink. One of them is Scotland. Here's a story @arishapiro and I did about what @irnbru says about Scotland’s identity politics https://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2014/08/27/343727147/its-not-whisky-but-everyone-in-scotland-drinks-it-by-the-bottle
Golf 
. The Home of Golf is the Old Course at St Andrew's. #whatscotlandgavetheworld
https://www.scottishgolfhistory.org/oldest-golf-sites/1574-st-andrews/
. The Home of Golf is the Old Course at St Andrew's. #whatscotlandgavetheworldhttps://www.scottishgolfhistory.org/oldest-golf-sites/1574-st-andrews/
The steam engine 
- thanks to the work of James Watt.
#whatscotlandgavetheworld
https://digital.nls.uk/scientists/biographies/james-watt/index.html
- thanks to the work of James Watt.#whatscotlandgavetheworld
https://digital.nls.uk/scientists/biographies/james-watt/index.html
The modern police force! Contrary to common myth, the world's first modern police force was not London's Met or "the Peelers" - but the City of Glasgow police. Established in 1800 - a full 29 years before the Met! #whatscotlandgavetheworld
http://www.policemuseum.org.uk/glasgow-police-history/pre-1800/
http://www.policemuseum.org.uk/glasgow-police-history/pre-1800/
And in perfect harmony, #whatscotlandgavetheworld...the Silitoe Tartan. That black and white checkered pattern used by police worldwide. Not technically a tartan, it's named after Sir Percy Sillitoe who introduced it in 1932 when Chief Constable of Glasgow http://www.policemuseum.org.uk/glasgow-police-history/20th-century/sillitoe-tartan/
And of course - images like this. This is Glen Tanar estate, not far from where I grew up, and where I used to ride.
#whatscotlandgavetheworld https://twitter.com/RichPreston/status/1353088316128813063
#whatscotlandgavetheworld https://twitter.com/RichPreston/status/1353088316128813063
Those are some of my favourite #whatscotlandgavetheworld items. Let me know yours!
And since you asked... My favourite Burns poem?
"My Heart's in the Highlands." It's a belter.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/robertburns/works/my_hearts_in_the_highlands/
#BurnsNight2021 #BurnsNight #RobertBurns #RabbieBurns #Burns
"My Heart's in the Highlands." It's a belter.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/robertburns/works/my_hearts_in_the_highlands/
#BurnsNight2021 #BurnsNight #RobertBurns #RabbieBurns #Burns
