St Andrews facts
While investigating facts about St Andrews Church and St Andrews College, I found out little known, but curios details like:
The number of holes on a golf course, 18, is a completely arbitrary number chosen by St. Andrews Links course in 1764, and other courses simply copied them.
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golf courses have 18 holes, because The Old Course at St. Andrews changed to that in 1764, and others followed suit.
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In my opinion, it is useful to put together a list of the most interesting details from trusted sources that I've come across answering when is the open at st andrews. Here are 22 of the best facts about St Andrews Brewery and St Andrews Golf Course I managed to collect.
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About Hamish McHamish a ginger cat who lived in a town in Scotland. He rose to fame after a book entitled Hamish McHamish of St Andrews: Cool Cat About Town was published. On 5 April 2014 a bronze statue of Hamish was unveiled in Hamish"s honor.
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In 1792 Jenner earned his MD from University of St Andrews.
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In 1762 John Hancock became a member of the Masonic Lodge of St. Andrew. This allowed him to meet many influential people at the time.
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J. K. Rowling has received several honorary degrees from several universities including Harvard University, the University of Edinburgh, the University of Aberdeen, and St. Andrews University.
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A Crusader mystic claimed St. Andrew came to him and showed him where the Lance the pierced Jesus was buried in the Holy Land, and volunteered to walk through fire to prove his discovery was divinely ordained. He was horribly burned and died from his injuries.
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He seems to have attended St Salvator's College, St Andrews for a brief time which stirred a life-long interest in religion.
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The Union Jack, the flag of the United Kingdom, is not symmetrical so that St Andrew's (Scotland) and St Patrick's (Ireland) crosses have the same weight in the design. This determines a precise way to fly the flag, and flying it upside down can be used as a sign of distress or emergency.
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Granitic eruptions, which are rich in silica, are rare and only three of them have occurred since 1900: St. Andrew Strait Volcano in Papua New Guinea, Novarupta Volcano in Alaska, and Chaiten Volcano in Chile.
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The longest animal ever recorded was a bootlace worm washed up in St Andrews, Scotland which was measured at 55 m long
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The only golf club that has reciprocal rights to St. Andrews is in a desert mining town in Australia called Coober Pedy
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The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews, although its clubhouse is situated just behind the first tee, does not own the Old Course or any of the St Andrews courses.
A Witch Post is a superstition where the St. Andrews Cross is placed on the fireplace to prevent witches flying down the chimney and into the house - source
A 'grassless' golf club in the middle of a small Australian opal mining town is the only club in the world with reciprocal playing rights with the prestigious 'home of golf', St Andrews in Scotland. - source
The famous Royal & Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews did not allow women to become members until 2014 after a 260 year old ban
The modern holiday of Mother's Day was first celebrated in 1908, when Anna Jarvis held a memorial for her mother at St Andrew's Methodist Church in Grafton, West Virginia. - source
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The longest putt ever hole was also a hole-in-one on a par 3 at St. Andrews
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researchers at St. Andrews University taught seals to sing
If you invert the colours of Scotland's national flag (The St Andrew's flag) you end up with the Russian Navy Ensign (Also the St Andrew's flag)
The church next to the phallic-shaped 'Gherkin' building in London is called St Andrew Undershaft.
St Andrew (patron saint of Scotland) wasn't Scottish not even visited it during his lifetime.
