Full Idea
Although 'fact' is grammatically a count noun, it strikes us as being at best whimsical to talk about enumerating facts - to talk, for instance, about how many facts I learned today before breakfast.
Gist of Idea
It is whimsical to try to count facts - how many facts did I learn before breakfast?
Source
E.J. Lowe (The Possibility of Metaphysics [1998], 12.4)
Book Reference
Lowe,E.J.: 'The Possibility of Metaphysics' [OUP 2001], p.258
A Reaction
I always liked the question 'how many facts are there in this room?' One might make a serious attempt to decide how many facts I learned before breakfast, and reach a reasonable approximation, especially if one didn't open the newspaper.