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factoid definition

☆ fac·toid (fak′to̵id′)

noun

a single fact or statistic variously regarded as being trivial, useless, unsubstantiated, etc.

Etymology: fact + -oid

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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