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WHAT IS A FACTOID?

What is a factoid you ask? According to Wikipedia:

A factoid is a spurious (unverified, incorrect, or invented) "fact" intended to create or prolong public exposure or to manipulate public opinion. It appears in the Oxford English Dictionary as "something which becomes accepted as fact, although it may not be true", namely a speculation or an assumption. The term was coined by Norman Mailer in his 1973 biography of Marilyn Monroe. Mailer described a factoid as "facts which have no existence before appearing in a magazine or newspaper", and created the word by combining the word fact and the ending -oid to mean "like a fact".

The information found on Wikipedia further suggests this tidbits are actually factlets. However, factoid is way more fun to say.

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  1. Mosquitoes prefer children to adults, and blondes to brunettes.
  2. Rats multiply so quickly that in 18 months, two rats could have over a million descendants.
  3. Canada's national sport is lacrosse not hockey.
  4. It was claimed that a Tiger shot dead by colonel Jim Corbett in 1907 had killed 436 people in India.
  5. Only one in two billion people will live to be 116 or older.
  6. "Underground" is the only word in the English language that begins and ends with the letters "und." $203,000,000 is spent on barbed wire each year in the U.S.
  7. Wesley Snipes has a 5th Degree Black Belt.
  8. A man robbed a convenience store and ran out with a bag full of cash. He got down the street and realized he had left his car keys on the counter. When he returned to the store, he was promptly arrested.
  9. Christianity has over a billion followers. Islam is next in representation with half this number.
  10. Every year, Bavarians and their guests drink 1.2 million gallons of beer during Oktoberfest. The first Oktoberfest was in 1810 and celebrated the marriage of King Ludwig Iof Bavaria.

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  1. The military salute originated during the medieval times. Knights in armor used to raise their visors to reveal their identity, and the motion later evolved into the modern-day salute. (5/5)
  2. John Wilkes Booth's brother once saved the life of Abraham Lincoln's son. (5/5)
  3. In Atlanta, Georgia, it is illegal to tie a giraffe to a telephone pole or street lamp. (5/5)
  4. In Miami, it's illegal for men to be seen publicly in any kind of strapless gown. (5/5)
  5. Americans, on average, eat 18 acres of pizza in one day. (5/5)