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aydio
855 days ago
FYI, factoid has a different meaning:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Factoid
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DemocracyFTW2
854 days ago
Äckschully no:
A factoid is either an invented or assumed statement presented as a fact, or a true but brief or trivial item of news or information.
which is exacktly what this is. Innit.
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deaddodo
855 days ago
> Since the term's invention in 1973, it has become used to describe a brief or trivial item of news or information.
In the very first paragraph, in fact.
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