this post was submitted on 13 Jul 2024
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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.
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.