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All Olympic curling stones come from one uninhabited island 10 miles from Glasgow.

All Olympic curling stones come from one uninhabited island 10 miles from Glasgow.

Every curling stone used at the Winter Olympics comes from Ailsa Craig, an uninhabited granite island in the Firth of Clyde, Scotland, about 10 miles off the coast of Glasgow. The island produces two unique types of granite: blue hone (for the running surface) and common green (…