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It is REALLY sad to read about the documentary on the Octomom, where she admits that she is overwhelmed despite having *4* full-time nannies, a night nanny, a woman who helps with bathing and bedtime, and apparently enough free time that she can work out for 2 hours every night. Her 8-year-old suffers from ADD and is so jealous over the octuplets that he still insists on sleeping in her bad at night...and he's seen throwing a fit during the documentary that ends with him *throwing a screwdriver* at his Mom, drawing blood from her nose:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1225971/Teatime-octuplets--worlds-biggest-high-chair.html

More than two dozen seniors at Lincoln University are in danger of not being able to graduate this spring because they are obese and have not taken the "Fitness for Life" class:
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2009/11/20/lincoln

Study found that women who revealed around 40% of their skin at a nightclub attracted twice as many men as women who covered themselves up. However, women who exposed more than 40% of their skin were *less* successful at attracting men. The study concluded that showing more than 40% of skin changes the signal given by women from "allure" to one indicating future infidelity:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/science-news/6586031/Women-should-bare-40-per-cent-of-their-bodies-to-attract-men.html

My kids would *love* to stay at this hotel in France that has a "Hamster Villa", where guests feast on hamster grain, get a workout by running on a giant wheel and sleep in hay stacks:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/europe/france/centralfrance/6589449/French-hamster-hotel-lets-guests-live-like-rodents.html

Illinois Zoo is hoping to make up for the $200k they lost in city budget cuts by selling reindeer-poop necklaces. Last year their reindeer poop Christmas ornaments were a good seller for them:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/11/24/national/a012053S13.DTL

After having their 400-pound tortoise named Mary for 50 years, the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo was shocked to find out that the turtle was actually a male!
http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2009/11/cleveland_zoo_realizes_after_5.html

A 2-year-old in Mississippi was the only person around to help his mother deliver her baby. He got her a towel and even caught the baby!
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/2009/11/19/2009-11-19_mississippi_toddler_jeremiha_taylor_helps_mom_give_birth_to_brother.html

Book kept in a guest bathroom in a UK home turned out to be a rare first edition of Darwin's "On the Origin of Species"! It went for $172,630 as a recent auction:
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2009/11/25/Charles-Darwin-first-edition-fetches-172K/UPI-17771259184923/