This would be attributed as a whine from me; more or less. I’m regularly seeing people saying ‘factoid’ and then attributing it to a fact. The problem with factoids is that they are not true, they are not a miniature fact. Facts are facts; no matter how small or large the are.
The problem is that the reason whay factoids are called factoids is that they have the appearance of facts, but they are not. For the most part the reason why they are so is that they have been repeated so many times that they are attributed as fact.
Consider the oft touted ‘fact’ that Sweden has the highest suicide rate in the world. This is a true factoid. It originates in a speech of a US president, and has absolutely no basis in fact. It was used to argue that the social system in the country does not help the people in the country; for after all; they’re fucked regardless of how much money they put into it.
If it wasn't for carbon-14, I wouldn't date at all