What is one fact that someone shared so confidently but turns out to be false? (lemmy.world)

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[-] swordsmanluke@programming.dev 17 points 9 months ago

So, I was curious and decided to look it up. Turns out most flying insects are dependent on air temperature! As long as the air is above about 50F, they can fly in it.

So... If the top of your screen is high enough that it's less than fifty up there, you're good! 😄

[-] Mr_Blott@lemmy.world 17 points 9 months ago

Flies are pretty much international though, it's really really unlikely they use something as outdated as Fahrenheit, let's face it

[-] Lemminary@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

international

The proper term is cosmopolitan. I mean, in case anyone cares lol

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