Facts

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A Fact is a thing that is indisputably the case and is typically proven through evidence. If science, logic, and citation can prove something is true, then it gets labeled fact. If one or more parts of a statement are false, then it should be categorized a myth (all half-truths are myths). Some truth has grey areas, others like “Lincoln was a Republican” are a matter of record. You’ll find both types below, and when we use philosophical arguments that employ logic and reason, it will be noted.

Below is a list of factoids we have rated as “facts”. If you think you can prove any of the facts below to not be true, please let us know in the comments. All input will be considered. See our list of myths here. Learn more about what is a fact?

Increasing the Minimum Wage Stimulates the Economy fact

Generally speaking, a modest increase to the minimum wage will increase household spending and thus stimulate the economy. However, this can be offset by job loss or hour reduction, inflation, and other factors.

Pinball Used to Be Illegal fact

Between the 1940s and the 1970s pinball used to illegal in parts of the United States. It was thought of as a gambling "game of chance" and was caught up in the post-prohibition push-back against gambling.

Plants Have Senses fact

Plant senses don't work the same as human senses, but generally speaking, plants can see, hear, smell, feel, react, and even think.

Raw Cookie Dough Can Make You Sick fact

Raw cookie dough can make you sick, especially dough that doesn't use treated flour and pasteurized eggs. Studies have shown, untreated raw flour can contain germs like E. coli, and unpasteurized raw eggs can contain germs like salmonella.

Frank Zappa Coined the Term “Groupie” fact

Frank Zappa claimed to have coined the term "groupie" to describe "women who followed rock groups." Although we can't prove he was the first to use the term, we can prove he was at least one of the first.

The Greeks Founded the Basis of Utilitarianism and Consequentialism fact

Although we can consider Jeremy Bentham the founder of modern Utilitarianism, and his successor John Stuart Mill the one who popularized it, early Greek philosophers like Aristotle, Aristippus and Epicurus presented the original Utilitarian / Consequentialist / Greatest Happiness theories.

William Jennings Bryan is the Father of Modern American Populism fact

William Jennings Bryan can be considered the father of modern American left-wing and right-wing populism, including progressivism, the religious right, workers' movements like the free-silver movement, the income tax, direct elections of Senators, and more.