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aydio | 2 years ago

FYI, factoid has a different meaning: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Factoid

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DemocracyFTW2|2 years 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.

deaddodo|2 years 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.