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?

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