contentbot@lemmy.caB to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.ca · 2 years agoTIL about magnolia plants are so old that they are pollinated by beetles, because they were around before the advent of bees.www.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square10linkfedilinkarrow-up1216arrow-down14file-text
arrow-up1212arrow-down1external-linkTIL about magnolia plants are so old that they are pollinated by beetles, because they were around before the advent of bees.www.wikipedia.orgcontentbot@lemmy.caB to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.ca · 2 years agomessage-square10linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareConfused_Emus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down1·2 years agoFacts, rather. Factoids are things commonly believed to be true, but are not.
minus-squareBlanketsWithSmallpox@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-22 years agoFactoid works. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/factoid You might be thinking of alternative fact, lie, wives tale, myth, fallacy, falsity, fiction, fib… or factoid.
minus-squaresome_guy@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·2 years agoAh, interesting distinction. Thanks for clarifying.
minus-squareBlanketsWithSmallpox@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 years agoDon’t believe him!
Facts, rather. Factoids are things commonly believed to be true, but are not.
Factoid works. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/factoid
You might be thinking of alternative fact, lie, wives tale, myth, fallacy, falsity, fiction, fib… or factoid.
Thanks for this factoid.
Ah, interesting distinction. Thanks for clarifying.
Don’t believe him!