The document discusses various topics in a disjointed manner, including: - A theory that the word "X" may have origins in the Klingon language from Star Trek, but this is unproven. - Regional slang terms for traveller's diarrhea from different parts of the world. - Inspiration for characters in the Star Wars franchise. - The name of a leading American ornithologist whose name was used for the hero in a 1953 novel.