this post was submitted on 13 Jul 2024
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Factoid works. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/factoid
You might be thinking of alternative fact, lie, wives tale, myth, fallacy, falsity, fiction, fib... or factoid.
Thanks for this factoid.