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By framing magic as treason against the Crown and God, James VI's 1597 book Daemonologie provided the legal & moral justification for a state-sanctioned witch hunt. It escalated persecutions, with around 2,500 innocent Scots (85% were women) suffering horrific torture and death.
Rising from the sea waters of Orkney, the Nuckelavee is a demonic fusion of man and horse – but it has no skin. It has black blood pumping through its veins and pale sinews snapping over exposed muscle. With one red eye, its breath is believed to wilt crops and sicken livestock.
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Happy birthday to comedian and streamer Limmy (aka Brian Limond) who was born in Glasgow on this day in 1974. He has always been a one-of-a-kind entertainer, from his early viral videos and his 'cult' TV show, to his current popular gaming stream. Have a belter Limmy 🥳
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On this day 170 years ago: Hugh Munro was born. He published his famous listing of all Scottish peaks over 3,000ft in 1891 (which currently stands at 282 in total). He died before climbing them all himself, leaving a legacy that inspires thousands of Munro Baggers every year.
On this day in 1965: Cruachan Power Station opened. Ben Cruachan looks like another picturesque Scottish munro, but buried 1km deep inside the Argyll mountain is the world’s first reversible, pumped-storage hydro scheme. A triumph of Scottish engineering and renewable power.
On this day in 1810: fax machine inventor Alexander Bain was born in Caithness. Long before the telephone, the clockmaker patented his "electric printing telegraph" – a device that used electrical signals to scan and transmit documents across wires for the very first time.
