1,001 Mind-Blowing Facts About Yo Momma
Style aside, there’s another reason I’m not a big fan of omnibus fact lists: that’s not a very scientific way to organize knowledge. Facts are some of the least useful things in science, so just dumping a list of them on readers will not generally result in much gain in understanding.
I agree with Matthew. I think most science facts should more accurately be termed science trivia. And there are a lot of science literacy quizzes which only test trivia. (Though there are some which do reward literacy if you haven’t memorized the answer but can still figure it out.)
SFN RSS