Meaning of factlet | Babel Free

Definitions

A minor fact; an item of trivia.

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Examples

“Having seen over four hundred skirmishes during the Civil War, the state ranked second only to Virginia in battle quantity, yet this factlet often receives scant mention in the most authoritative studies of that conflict.”

“[…] in many upscale hotels, the small piece of paper placed on your pillow during turndown advising on tomorrow's weather (often accompanied by a gratuitous quotation or an 'on this day' factlet).”

“If ever I corrected him on a factlet , he was taken aback and interested.”

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