contentbotB to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.ca • 6 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-up1210arrow-down14file-text
arrow-up1206arrow-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.orgcontentbotB to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.ca • 6 months agomessage-square10fedilinkfile-text
minus-square@Confused_Emuslink11•6 months agoFacts, rather. Factoids are things commonly believed to be true, but are not.
minus-squareBlanketsWithSmallpoxlinkEnglish5•edit-26 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-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•6 months agoAh, interesting distinction. Thanks for clarifying.
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!