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    M I D G E S

    That’s why you never see Scottish people camping, just lost english people drawn mistakenly in by the thought of a treeless paradise

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      *wasteland

      The reason so much of Scotland is treeless is because humans deforested it and killed off the apex predators, meaning that animals such as deer are free to eat saplings and prevent regeneration

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        We’re talking thousands of years ago though, half of scotland was deforested before the Romans’ came

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          That is true, but until very recently it hasn’t exactly gotten better

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        Thin Lizzy? Hell yeah, I’ll happily see him in court as long as he brings his guitar

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          That’s how litigious rock stars get you!

          Fun* fact: Lars Ulrich has amassed more than twice as much wealth personally suing fans for mispronouncing the name of his city of birth Gentofte than he ever earned being the drummer of Metallica!

          *and completely untrue