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Unfortunate title. factoid - an invented fact believed to be true because it appears in print.

• return0 11y ago
  - or - 2 : a briefly stated and usually trivial fact.
  • dingaling 11y ago
    -oid Of similar form to, but not the same as.
    • Jtsummers 11y ago
      This doesn't make the second definition of factoid (in GP post) wrong. Prefixes, suffixes, and even roots end up being used in words that don't follow the literal definition suggested by them. They typically don't start life that way, usually closer to the literal meaning pedants will later expect to be used, but, overtime, usage causes a definitional shift.
• jakub_h 11y ago
  Thank you for this interesting factoid. :)