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Here’s an example of one of those I-Coulda-Told-You-That Scientific Discoveries:
Teens with romantic partners are [...] more likely to [lose their virginity] in December , according to this article.
They did go on to mention that June was still the most common month for teens to lose their virginity via casual sex, probably because of summer vacation (in the US). But for teens in serious relationships, December is the month to target, apparently :)
Here’s an interesting bit of ebusiness news:
Yahoo!, who has for the past two years, partnered itself with Google to perform its web-searches, has just acquired Inktomi, the second most important search engine that you’ve never heard of. Inktomi is the engine used by sites like about.com, hotbot.com and search.msn.com, and it’s anybody’s guess how the 3 companies will be able to live together in peace. The acquisition was probably prompted by Google’s continued expansion, i.e., it’s looking more and more like a Yahoo Alternative this past year.