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TIL that Scotland gained its Northern Isles from the Kalmar Union (the combined kingdoms of Norway, Sweden, and Denmark) since the king of the Kalmar Union's daughter was getting married to the king of Scotland but the king of the Kalmar Union never paid the dowry so Scotland annexed the islands.

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