Warning: Some posts on this platform may contain adult material intended for mature audiences only. Viewer discretion is advised. By clicking ‘Continue’, you confirm that you are 18 years or older and consent to viewing explicit content.
Fun fact: Norman Mailer coined the word factoid in 1973. He wrote:
“[Factoids are] facts which have no existence before appearing in a magazine or newspaper, creations which are not so much lies as a product to manipulate emotion in the Silent Majority.”
In other words, a factoid is a clickbait “alternative” fact.
Interesting. I always took the term to indicate a single fact in isolation, in contrast to major dates or things that could be considered part of a curriculum.
I want the backstory please
It starts with a grande bean burrito and ends with a Mexican hooker
Patrick Stewart farted.
Ah yes, farting is very funny.
The oldest joke we have a record of as a species is a fart joke. This is my favorite factoid of all time, maybe ever.
Would you say: since time immemorial?
One could, yes.
Fun fact: Norman Mailer coined the word factoid in 1973. He wrote:
In other words, a factoid is a clickbait “alternative” fact.
Interesting. I always took the term to indicate a single fact in isolation, in contrast to major dates or things that could be considered part of a curriculum.