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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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[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month 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.

[โ€“] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

Thanks for this factoid.