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An interesting fact: A factoid is not "a small piece of fact", it is infact: an item of unreliable information that is reported and repeated so often that it b
by RamRodification 5y ago
An interesting fact: A factoid is not "a small piece of fact", it is infact:
an item of unreliable information that is reported and repeated so often that it becomes accepted as fact.
- jasonhansel 5y agoAn interesting factoid: though that was the original (and etymologically correct) meaning of the word "factoid," the meaning has since shifted. The word can now also mean "a briefly stated and usually trivial fact." Source: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/factoid https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/factoid