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What is a factoid?

What is a factoid? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. An inaccurate statement or statistic believed to be true because of broad repetition, especially if cited in the media. [from 1973]
  2. An interesting item of trivia.
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What is wrong and embarrassing is the President of the United States reciting a massively discredited factoid.
But why, you may ask, has this apparently trivial factoid ruffled the feathers of the good burghers of Oslo?
I'm informed from a usually reliable source that a factoid is an empirical claim that is often repeated but is in fact false.
Prices, timetables, documentation requirements, booking advice, and most any other factoid you could possibly need are perfectly intelligible and easy to find.
This is a fairly well-known factoid in alternative news media.
And by consumer and supplier agreement, no fact, factoid, or truthiness is too small to register.

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