SQLplus question unusual behavior

I am trying to update a small table from a remote table with sqlplus 9.2.0.2 . It seems to indicate that it has inserted 233 row into my local table - however that doesn't really happen. Am I suffering from a severe lack of caffine or is this really odd?  

SQL> select count(*) from facility;

  COUNT(*)

         0

SQL> insert into facility (select * from facility_at_dev);

233 rows created.

SQL> select count(*) from facility;

  COUNT(*)

         0

SQL> commit;

Commit complete.

SQL> select count(*) from facility;

  COUNT(*)

         0

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