247. In the Middle of Midlothian...

It is a small village in Midlothian, Scotland, situated approximately 12 miles from Edinburgh Airport. Locals say that the name is derived from the conjunction of two Gaelic words describing the village’s primary features: a rocky promontory and a waterfall or pool.

Two reasons why this place has entered popular consciousness:

a. A chapel in the village being featured in a best-selling book and a film based on the book.
b. A research institute of some importance being located here and named after the village

246. Solo Polo?

He was once introduced to a polo player with the words: "You are both leaders in your spheres, though the spheres are very different." “

Not so very different," he replied. "You are a dear soul who plays polo, and I am a poor Pole who plays solo."

Who?

245. Fractally speaking....

An xkcd cartoon inspired by a fractal generated from triples of circles, where any circle is tangent to two others. The fractal is named after a Greek mathematician who did some fairly fundamental work on conic sections and gave the ellipse, the parabola, and the hyperbola the names by which we know them by today.

What is the fractal known as?