contentbot@lemmy.caB to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.ca · 11 months 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-square10fedilinkarrow-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 · 11 months agomessage-square10fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareConfused_Emus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down1·11 months agoFacts, rather. Factoids are things commonly believed to be true, but are not.
minus-squareBlanketsWithSmallpox@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-211 months 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_guylinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·11 months agoAh, interesting distinction. Thanks for clarifying.
minus-squareBlanketsWithSmallpox@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·11 months 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!