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Reminds me of another post the other day about how the Appalachian mountains are older than trees. (And Saturn's rings)
Geological time scales really are something else.
I can't tell if this is a serious comment or if you are just trolling the lyrics to Country Roads
Haha. Yeah in that post people were mentioning how they didn't realise the song lyrics were quite literal and not just a saying.
So not just "older than the trees" like in the song but "older than trees... anywhere"
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!