Portal:United Kingdom/Did you know/July 2006

...that legends say when Saint Nectan was murdered, foxgloves grew where his blood was spilled?
...that English choreographer Gillian Lynne took up dance as a child to recover from the violent death of her mother?
...that British Labour Party MP Roland Boyes continued in office after being diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease in 1995, but his condition had deteriorated so much that, upon his retirement in 1997, he was unaware that his party had gained control after 18 years in opposition?
...that the A8(M) motorway is the shortest motorway in Northern Ireland at only one mile long, and has no junctions with any other roads along its entire length?
....that the fossilised remains of Lions have been found at Crook Peak in Somerset, England?

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