Scots’ inventions are fuel for independence debate

By Jill Lawless

Published September 17, 2014 10:24am ET

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Scots’ inventions are fuel for independence debate — A man talking on a phone walks past images of Scots inventor Alexander Graham Bell and Scots doctor Marie Stopes outside the National Library of Scotland in Edinburgh, Scotland, Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2014. The land that gave the world haggis and tartan has produced so much more, from golf and television to Dolly the Sheep and "Grand Theft Auto." If Scotland splits from Britain after a referendum this week, it can stake a claim to inventions that transformed modern life, from surgical anesthetic and penicillin to television, the telephone and even the flush toilet. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham) | Matt Dunham

EDINBURGH, Scotland (AP) — What has Scotland ever done for us? Plenty, it turns out.

The land that gave the world haggis and tartan has produced so much more, from golf and television to Dolly the Sheep and “Grand Theft Auto.”

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