BUSH: IDIOCY-ONLY SEX ED?

Via Suburban Guerrilla (who can't resist the relevant Clinton joke), this story raised my, er, eyebrows.

Sex stimulates the brain and makes people more intelligent, according to a top German researcher.

Werner Habermehl, from the Hamburg Medical Research Institute, says that regular sexual intercourse promotes intelligence.

He said that love making not only excited the body but also the brain and the increased amount of adrenaline and cortisol hormones that are produced stimulates the grey matter, reported magazine Unicum Campus.

"Sex makes you more intelligent in that experiences are collected that can be used later on in areas of life not linked to sex," said Habermehl.

He added that the added injection of endorphins and serotonin that resulted from an orgasm strengthened self-confidence - giving the body a mental as well as physical work out.

And now we all sit back and wait for the requisite Virgin Ben joke.

Of course, the other snarky reasoning behind this study would be that at least in the short term, those who just completed sexual activity have more available brain-power because they aren't thinking about sex for a while afterwards. But of course, Dr Habermehl is suggesting that the effect of regular sex is more long-term.

So boys and girls, that burning sensation you feel... that's newfound intelligence!