If you're measuring your height with a ruler and it shows you're 4 meters tall, you gained no useful information about your height. The only information you gained is that the ruler is inaccurate.
Factoids are semi-interesting bits of information – sometimes quotes from people much smarter than me.
I’ve been collecting these snippets from things I read or watch, and they’re stored here in no particular order.
Occasionally, some of them are my own thoughts.
You can use the tags to explore and discover more factoids.