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Fun fact, factoids are always false.
by jahewson 4y ago
Fun fact, factoids are always false.
- ravenstine 4y agoNecessarily? I'd assume a factoid has the potential to be either true or false.
- hhmc 4y agoBy some original definition of the word they are necessarily false. Usage seems to have shifted to ‘small fact’ though
- KennyFromIT 4y agoThe common misunderstanding of the word `factoid` to mean "a small fact" is itself a factoid.
- kjeetgill 4y agoOxford English Dictionary (via Google) gives: Factoid - a brief or trivial item of news or information - an assumption or speculation that is reported and repeated so often that it becomes accepted as fact So both uses are reasonable?