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wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• sness@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Fun fact, factoid actually means something that sounds true but isn’t.

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  • wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Ah fuck, TIL

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  • rumba@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Fun Fact/Factoid, use to be true, but like everything else, we’ve used it wrong for so long it’s considered to be either

    A factoid was originally defined to mean a false statement presented as a fact.[1][2] In colloquial speech, it is often used to mean a true but brief or trivial item of news or information (which can be less ambiguously described as a “factlet”).

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Factoid

    an insignificant or trivial fact.

    something fictitious or unsubstantiated that is presented as fact, devised especially to gain publicity and accepted because of constant repetition.

    www.dictionary.com/browse/factoid

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