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TIL about magnolia plants are so old that they are pollinated by beetles, because they were around before the advent of bees. (www.wikipedia.org)
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[–] veroxii@aussie.zone 43 points 2 months ago (8 children)

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.

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 7 points 2 months ago (5 children)

Oh, wow. Two cool factoids in one thread.

[–] Confused_Emus@lemmy.world 12 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Facts, rather. Factoids are things commonly believed to be true, but are not.

[–] blanketswithsmallpox@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

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.

[–] jaybone@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago

Thanks for this factoid.

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Ah, interesting distinction. Thanks for clarifying.

[–] blanketswithsmallpox@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Don't believe him!

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