Portal:United Kingdom/Did you know/June 2009


 * ... that Edward Riou (pictured) sailed with Cook, survived his ship hitting an iceberg, but died by being nearly cut in two aboard HMS Amazon at Copenhagen?
 * ... that Christ Church, Rossett, Wrexham County Borough, Wales, was designed in 1886 but not built until 1891–92?
 * ... that Scottish actress Rona Anderson married fellow actor Gordon Jackson after appearing with him in the romantic drama Floodtide?
 * ... that the fine of £175,000 handed to Arsenal F.C. in 2003 after the Battle of Old Trafford was a record for English football?
 * ... that 94% of Dartmoor kistvaens (pictured) have the longer axis of the tomb oriented NW/SE, apparently so that the deceased face the sun?
 * ... that the BBC Radio 4 sitcom Newfangle has been described by different sources as being set in either 100,000 B.C. or two million years ago?
 * ... that the Financial News competed with its rival the Financial Times by attacking companies which advertised there?