factlet

English

Etymology

From fact +‎ -let.

Noun

factlet (plural factlets)

  1. A minor fact; an item of trivia.
    • 1995, John Keene, Annotations‎[1], New Directions Publishing, →ISBN, page 71:
      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.
    • 2015, Roy C Wood, Hospitality Management: A Brief Introduction‎[2], SAGE, →ISBN:
      […] 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).
    • 2023, Padma Viswanathan, Like Every Form of Love: A Memoir of Friendship and True Crime‎[3], Random House of Canada, →ISBN:
      If ever I corrected him on a factlet , he was taken aback and interested.
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