Portal:United Kingdom/Did you know/May 2011


 * ... that the British destroyers HMS Diamond (H22) (pictured) and HMS Wryneck (D21) were sunk by German aircraft on 27 April 1941, about four hours after they rescued over 500 troops from a sinking Dutch troopship?
 * ... that a riot after the 1980 Scottish Cup Final between Celtic F.C. and Rangers F.C. resulted in a ban on the sale of alcoholic beverages at sporting events in Scotland?
 * ... that the plant Fumaria painteri has only been found twice in Britain, and both times by the Rev. W. H. Painter?
 * ... that around 252 glider infantry of the 1st Airlanding Brigade were drowned during the Allied invasion of Sicily?
 * ... that Small Heath F.C. went through the 1893–94 season without drawing a League match?
 * ... that even though ...And the Native Hipsters first single, "There Goes Concorde Again" was initially a 500-copy private release, it went on to reach number five on the UK Indie Charts?