contentbot@lemmy.caB to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.ca · 1 year 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-up1215arrow-down13file-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 · 1 year agomessage-square10fedilinkfile-text
minus-squaresome_guy@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up7·1 year agoOh, wow. Two cool factoids in one thread.
minus-squareConfused_Emus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down1·1 year agoFacts, rather. Factoids are things commonly believed to be true, but are not.
minus-squareBlanketsWithSmallpox@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-21 year 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-down1·1 year agoAh, interesting distinction. Thanks for clarifying.
minus-squareBlanketsWithSmallpox@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoDon’t believe him!
Oh, wow. Two cool factoids in one thread.
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!