Factlet

You may have been expecting the recently coined word "factoid,"
instead of the more obscure "factlet." I cannot recall the source,
but I once read an interesting article on the use of these two words.
CNN appears to have popularized the word "factoid," and many others
have picked up on the practice. However, the creation of this word is
unfortunate. Other words containing "oid" suggest that the suffix
means resembling, but not the same as. Thus, an android is like a
human, but not quite. A spheroid is like a sphere, but not quite a
sphere. By parallel construction, a "factoid" should be something
resembling a fact, but not quite a fact. If the intended use of the
term is to mean a small fact, then "factlet" is a better choice.

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