I'll start:

The word 'decimate' comes from a Roman army disciplinary technique, in which upon certain cases of mutiny or cowardice the soldiers would be separated into groups of ten (hence the 'dec') and one soldier will be selected at random to be executed by stoning or clubbing by his nine remaining comrades.

Terrific race, the Romans. Terrific. 

If you strike up a conversation with a stranger in a Vientiane bar after midnight there will be a very good chance he works for the CIA.

Or Mossad.

Or ASIO.

Or MI5.

The banana plant is related to grass, and is classified as a herb.

Or for those with different pronunciation, "an" herb.

The moon is moving away from us.

The banana plant is related to grass, and is classified as a herb.

Or for those with different pronunciation, "an" herb.

Banana tree?

Apparently palm trees are classified as grasses.

Most users ever online was 40,424 on 2010-01-02 00:17:36

Could this be correct? Forty thousand members on line at seventeen minutes after midnight on 2/1!!

My guess is spiderbots.

My guess is spiderbots.

That's an interesting random fact!

I know. That fact that my guess as to the high number of members on TV on 1/2/2010 is that it was down to spiderbots should be something passed on to our future generations.

Here's another: An elephant trunk has no bone but 40,000 muscles.

If you strike up a conversation with a stranger in a Vientiane bar after midnight there will be a very good chance he works for the CIA.

Or Mossad.

Or ASIO.

Or MI5.

I knew I should have killed you that night.

The moon is moving away from us.

and the drag of the moon's gravity is slowing the Earth's rotation. Back in the time of the dinosaurs the day was only about 22 hours, or so my dad told me.

The moon is moving away from us.

and the drag of the moon's gravity is slowing the Earth's rotation. Back in the time of the dinosaurs the day was only about 22 hours, or so my dad told me.

Gosh, he's old!

Most users ever online was 40,424 on 2010-01-02 00:17:36

Could this be correct? Forty thousand members on line at seventeen minutes after midnight on 2/1!!

Nope, 40,424

One litre of water, at 4 deg C, weighs one kg.

Adding to the moon theme:

The Moon is about 400 times smaller than the Sun, but also happens to be about 400 times closer. Therefore, the two bodies look about the same size in the sky.

Contrary to popular belief, the moon is NOT made of green cheese and there is not a man living in it.

Fact...look it up if you don't believe me.

What animal species has the largest penis?

Apparently the Blue whale . It also has the most semen at about 2 hundred gallons a shot.

The typical limp adult human penis is about 3 centimeters in diameter at the base and somewhere between 8.5 and 10.5 cm long (measured along the top)–but fathers have been shorter than 3 cm, and lengths as great as 30 cm are reported. In general, smaller penises lengthen proportionally more than large ones do during an erection, but though the difference between small and large is reduced, the larger remain larger. The erect penis is about 15 to 19 cm long, with, again, many functioning very well outside this range.

As penises go, humans' are not wonders of the animal world. In many mammals–the raccoon, for example–the penis is stiffened with a bone, something men must pay a surgeon to achieve, and in plastic at that. In size humans are dwarfed: the bull's is 3 feet, the elephant's 5 feet, the blue whale's 7 to 8 feet, and even a small animal like a pig, domestic or wild, has 18 inches.

The record for the largest penis to body size ratio is held by the barnacle.The barnacle's penis can grow to up to forty times its own body length.

If you don't believe me - google it!

If you strike up a conversation with a stranger in a Vientiane bar after midnight there will be a very good chance he works for the CIA.

Or Mossad.

Or ASIO.

Or MI5.

I knew I should have killed you that night.

The moon is moving away from us.

and the drag of the moon's gravity is slowing the Earth's rotation. Back in the time of the dinosaurs the day was only about 22 hours, or so my dad told me.

Remember the barmaid? The short girl with long dark hair and brown eyes?

She loved me passionately, one wrong move on your part and she would have instantly disabled you by switching your Beer Lao for Singha.

Most users ever online was 40,424 on 2010-01-02 00:17:36

Could this be correct? Forty thousand members on line at seventeen minutes after midnight on 2/1!!

Nope, 40,424

Thanks for the correction Moss. I'm surprised you didn't correct my rounding out of the time as well.

The male praying mantis cannot copulate while its head is attached to its body. The female initiates sex by ripping the male's head off.

I suppose that's the insect equivalent of putting the brain out of gear when faced with a prospective sexual partner.

Or putting a paper bag over her head.

So that's what my ex-wife was trying to do.

What animal species has the largest penis?

The record for the largest penis to body size ratio is held by the barnacle.The barnacle's penis can grow to up to forty times its own body length.

If you don't believe me - google it!

Just came accross this quite by accident.

Geoduck (gooey duck) clams. Not as tasty as Razor clams but not bad if you pound on'em a while.

Or putting a paper bag over her head.

The male praying mantis cannot copulate while its head is attached to its body. The female initiates sex by ripping the male's head off.

"Sexual cannibalism is common among mantises in captivity, and under some circumstances may also be observed in the field. The female may start feeding by biting off the male’s head (as with any prey), and if mating had begun, the male’s movements may become even more vigorous in its delivery of sperm. Early researchers thought that because copulatory movement is controlled by ganglion in the abdomen, not the head, removal of the male’s head was a reproductive strategy by females to enhance fertilisation while obtaining sustenance."

So she gets a shag and a kebab at the same time

If you fart consistently for 6 years and 9 months, enough gas is produced to create the energy of an atomic bomb.

I guess certain members of Bedlam have never heard of the non-proliferation treaty

If you fart consistently for 6 years and 9 months, enough gas is produced to create the energy of an atomic bomb.

I don't think so, otherwise Liverpool would no longer exist!

I heard a joke today

'' 200 scousers left John Lennon Airport today, to help out with the looting in Haiti''

I didn't laugh either

It's an oft quoted stereotype. And let's face it scousers are very helpful!