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0 pointsravenstine3y ago0 comments

Necessarily? I'd assume a factoid has the potential to be either true or false.

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hhmc3y ago

By some original definition of the word they are necessarily false. Usage seems to have shifted to ‘small fact’ though

KennyFromIT3y ago

The common misunderstanding of the word `factoid` to mean "a small fact" is itself a factoid.

kjeetgill3y ago

Oxford 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?

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