Link Collection

Swedish Dad who spent the last few months trying to produce milk has given up, with nothing more than "sore breasts" to show for his attempt. He used a breast pump at three-hour intervals and said that his attempt was to free his wife from her nursing duties:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/12/03/milkman_fail/

Study found that toddlers with symptoms of autism can have dramatic improvement if they are given early, intensive therapy. The 18- to 30-month-old kids experienced significant increases in their IQ and a significant number of them were not considered autistic anymore, a big difference from the group of autistic kids that did not get that specific therapy:
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn18221-treating-toddlers-for-autism-will-pay-dividends-later.html

Study found that loneliness can be contagious like the flu and it shortens human life. The number of family members had no effect on loneliness and women were more likely than men to "catch" loneliness from others. For example, if a person has a day of loneliness then their neighbors who are their friends have increased loneliness. Another article on this study found that a person is more likely to become lonely is one of their friends feels loneliness...and loneliness even increases notably if a friend of a friend suffers a day of loneliness:
http://www.physorg.com/news178867501.html

I didn't realize that college students today have many more hookups than dates on average! It is also interesting (but not surprising to me) that men are 3x more likely to feel satisfied after a one-night stand while women are twice as likely to feel regret or shame:
http://www.theweek.com/article/index/103947/Love_in_the_time_of_hooking_up

Drinking red wine helps rinse teeth clean of bacteria and can prevent cavities:
http://news.discovery.com/human/red-wine-teeth-health.html

With all the publicity that the Salahis got for getting pass the Secret Service, the Washington Post found out that at people have gotten around the Secret Service at least 91 times since 1980:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/06/AR2009120602556.html

Truck driver in China said that he was too busy to fix his broken windshield, so he drove *400* miles with a sheet of cardboard where his glass windshield was supposed to be! He looked through tiny holes in the cardboard and stuck his head out of the side window (in freezing temperatures) to be able to see where he was driving:
http://web.orange.co.uk/article/quirkies/truckers_cardboard_windscreen

18-year-old was arrested for having sex with horses. He would break into the race track next door, tie the horses up with a bridle, then have his way with the horses...sick:
http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091219/NEWS/912190327/-1/NEWS