Today, I learnt that Alexander The Great became King because his father's

[PSRB]

assassination had been triggered by a chap getting the assassin drunk, bum-raping him and then handing him to his stable hands for a mass bumming.

What have you learnt today, awimb?

Oh I learnt that Down's syndrome is so named after John Langdon Haydon Down.......who actually came up with the terms "Mongolid idiots" and "Mongols" for sufferers

[Burney]

Oh I learnt that Down's syndrome is so named after John Langdon Haydon Down.......who actually came up with the terms "Mongolid idiots" and "Mongols" for sufferers

I like that. He'd probably hate the idea of having his name associated with the mongs.

Thank you for dropping this knowledge, psrb.

[PSRB]

I like that. He'd probably hate the idea of having his name associated with the mongs.

Thank you for dropping this knowledge, psrb.

Thank Bill Bryson. His new book 'The Body', very interesting it is

[Burney]

Thank Bill Bryson. His new book 'The Body', very interesting it is

I started listening to that, but then it started to freak me out.

[PSRB]

I started listening to that, but then it started to freak me out.

What freaked you out? I find it fascinating

[Burney]

What freaked you out? I find it fascinating

It's the same as reading a medical textbook - makes you hypochondriac. Didn't help that it started with all the ways your hearth can kill you.

[barrybueno]

Thank Bill Bryson. His new book 'The Body', very interesting it is

I remember 'A Short History of Nearly Everything' many years ago, was a really good read iirc