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?

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