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 remianing 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)?