10 things we didn't know before the 45th week of 2008

1. Saddam Hussein's yacht had an escape tunnel leading to a submarine.
2. The Dalai Lama boxes.
3. Women's hands have more bugs.
4. Londoners complained about house prices in the 1600s.
5. Antelopes click their knees to demonstrate sexual prowess.
6. Drum-making can be fatal.
7. Barack Obama supports West Ham.
8. The average person can sing three octaves.
9. Snow ploughs are used to clear dead lemmings on Norway's roads.
10. About 20,000 people die globally every year from snake bites.

(Borrowed from the BBC)