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Originally Posted by orlok
No, they are supposed to be true (most of them, anyway), so you are permitted to hold onto your peeve.
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I will. I have that one, and the one about "unique" being used to mean "unusual." I think I've totally lost the battle for the latter, but I hold hope of saving "factoid."
http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/factoid.html
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I stand corrected, and hereby rename the thread "Little facts of no consequence that are purported to be absolutely true". 
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There's a word for that, too: trivia.