factoid
(noun) a brief (usually one sentence and usually trivial) news item
factoid
(noun) something resembling a fact; unverified (often invented) information that is given credibility because it appeared in print
Source: WordNet® 3.1
factoid (plural factoids)
An inaccurate statement or statistic believed to be true because of broad repetition, especially if cited in the media. [from 1973]
Synonym: misconception
Coordinate term: urban legend
(originally, North America) An interesting item of trivia; a minor fact.
Synonym: factlet
The more recent and contradictory meaning “minor fact” is gradually supplanting the original sense.
Source: Wiktionary
18 June 2025
(noun) large South American evergreen tree trifoliate leaves and drupes with nutlike seeds used as food and a source of cooking oil
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
