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Every curling stone used at the Winter Olympics was made on an uninhabited Scottish island

Did you know that all the curling stones used at the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics are made in Scotland? The granite is quarried on the tiny uninhabited island of Ailsa Craig and then made in the East ...
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Why do all Olympic curling stones come from one small island off Scotland’s coast?

Team USA won silver in mixed doubles curling on Tuesday after reaching the event’s final for the first time during the Winter Olympics. In the semifinal against Italy on Monday, American curler Cory ...