Portal:United Kingdom/Did you know/September 2006


 * ...that inventor Thomas Highs was never credited for his invention of both the spinning jenny and the water frame, mostly due to his lack of funding to patent the devices?
 * ...that "bin bugs" are being attached to wheelie bins in England to monitor the amount of domestic waste produced by each household?
 * ...that the British music journalist Everett True introduced Kurt Cobain to Courtney Love?
 * ...that five months before his death, William Edington was offered the post of Archbishop of Canterbury, but turned it down?
 * ...that Dundas Aqueduct was named after the British politician Charles Dundas, 1st Baron Amesbury?
 * ...that Garston Lock is the last remaining turf sided lock on the Kennet and Avon Canal and one of only two remaining in Britain?
 * ...that the Bruce Tunnel is the only tunnel on the Kennet and Avon Canal and the second longest navigable tunnel on Britain's canals at 502 yards (459 m)?