10 things we didn't know before the 45th week of 2009

1. Reading lamps can run off the electricity that comes down a defunct landline socket.
2. Men's urine is less acidic than women's. (hmmm, nice. Needed to know that - thanks BBC!)
3. Coral can eat jellyfish.
4. The first sell-by dates were on milk and cream in the 1950s.
5. Early flights to India stopped to refuel in Basra.
6. Porn for the furry community is known as "yiff". (ehhhh?!)
7. Russia has 11 time zones.
8. Travelling in a "road train" can cut fuel consumption by 20%.
9. Canadian Transport Minister John Baird called his cat Thatcher.
10. Pigtails used to be known as queues.

 (Borrowed from the BBC)