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"factoid" is an incorrect fact. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Factoid https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Factoid
by Eduard 4y ago
"factoid" is an incorrect fact. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Factoid https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Factoid
- marginalia_nu 4y agoFrom the first sentence in the article you're linking: [...] or a true but brief or trivial item of news or information.
- _yb2s 4y agoThat link also mentions that it's used to refer to a brief or trivial true fact.
- avgcorrection 4y agoFactlet.
- Tossitout873462 4y agoIt's a factoid only until it hits ground truth. Then it becomes a factite.
- Eduard 4y agoGuys, it was a metajoke