10 things we didn't know before the 20th week of 2008

1. Nice, in the economic terms in which Bank of England governor Mervyn King was speaking, stands for "non-inflationary constant expansion".
2. The rubble from the old Wembley Stadium was turned into man-made hills.
3. Gordon Brown is a Bee Gees fan.
4. Neil Diamond has never had a number one album in the United States... until now.
5. Locusts combine into swarms because they are frightened of being eaten by each other.
6. Knitting patterns of trademarked characters can breach copyright.
7. The search for extraterrestrial life does not contradict a belief in God.
8. The Ministry of Defence has amassed 160 files on UFOs, containing details of 8,000 sightings.
9. A child of three is expected to know about 300 words.
10. Sloths aren't lazy.

(Borrowed from the BBC)