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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Rats multiply so quickly that in 18 months, two rats could have over a million descendants.
One million tons of oil is equivalent to about 13,000,000,000 kilowatt hours of electricity.
One of the many Tarzans, Karmuala Searlel, was mauled to death by a raging elephant on set.
The average elephant produces 50 pounds of dung each day.
Research indicates that babies who suck on pacifiers are more prone to ear aches.
The chiao is an official unit of currency in China. Also known as jiao, it is a copper-zinc coin that is one-tenth of a yuan and equal to 10 fen.
A googol is a 1 followed by 100 zeros. Mathematician Edward Kasner supposedly asked his nephew Milton Sirotta to suggest a name for the number, and he came up with this word.
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.
Canada's national sport is lacrosse not hockey.
It is against the law in Pueblo, Colorado, to raise or permit a dandelion to grow within the city limits.
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In Atlanta, Georgia, it is illegal to tie a giraffe to a telephone pole or street lamp. (5/5)
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Americans, on average, eat 18 acres of pizza in one day. (5/5)