Portal:United Kingdom/Did you know/March 2007

...that the Loch Arkaig treasure, a large amount of specie provided by Spain to finance the Jacobite rising in Scotland in 1745, is said to be still hidden at Loch Arkaig (pictured) in the Scottish Highlands?
...that Bryan Pearce overcame learning disabilities from congenital phenylketonuria to be recognised as one of the UK's leading naïve artists?
...that the House of Lords declined to hear an appeal from the decision of the Court of Appeal in Aerotel v Telco and Macrossan's Application, concerning the patentability of computer programs in the United Kingdom?
...that Able Seaman Just Nuisance is the only dog to have been officially enlisted in the Royal Navy?
...that the 7th century King Cynegils, the first West Saxon ruler known to have been baptised as a Christian, is called the son of at least three different fathers in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle?

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