Portal:United Kingdom/Did you know/October 2005


 * ...that Simeon Solomon was a British painter who regularly had works displayed at the Royal Academy in the 1860?
 * ...that Jack Broughton was the first person to develop a set of rules for boxing?
 * ...that "Flood," the sixth episode of The Young Ones, was the only one of the twelve episodes made which did not feature a live band during the show, instead using a lion tamer?
 * ...that a Northern Ireland naming dispute has existed since 1922, after the secession of the Irish Free State from the United Kingdom?
 * ...that, before Wayne Rooney made his debut in February 2003, England's youngest ever football player was James F. M. Prinsep, who had held the record for more than 123 years?