Also fun fact, the word factoid originally meant a thing that looks like a fact but is not.
This is because of the etymology of the word, the word fact and the suffix -oid which means like, or resemble.
For example an Android is something that resembles a human or man.
Humanoid, also looking like a man but in a different way.
Asteroid, resembling or looking like a star.
And of course mongoloid, looking like a Mongol.
So in a way Fox News is full of factoids although the word factoid has now just replaced the word fact in definition and now they are essentially synonymous.
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u/Privatizitaet 16d ago
Fun fact: Singular they predates singular you