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A fact is a datum about one or more aspects of a circumstance, which, if accepted as true and proven true, allows a logical conclusion to be reached on a true/false evaluation. Standard reference works are often used to check facts. Scientific facts are verified by repeatable careful observation or measurement by experiments or other means.
For example, "This sentence contains words." accurately describes a linguistic fact, and "The sun is a star" accurately describes an astronomical fact. Further, "Abraham Lincoln was the 16th President of the United States" and "Abraham Lincoln was assassinated" both accurately describe historical facts. Generally speaking, facts are independent of belief and of knowledge and opinion.

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    Closed Did you know?

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    Closed Did you know

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    Closed Facts that will *blow your mind

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    Closed Facts and random quotes

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    Closed What is beliefs?

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    Closed 5 Weird Facts About Rain

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    Closed Fascinating Facts About Spiders

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    Closed Historical Facts That Sound Like Huge Lies But Are Actually True

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    Closed 40 Weird Facts About The United States That Are Almost Too Crazy To Believe

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    Closed Facts That Should Be Common Knowledge. #5 Could Save Your Life

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    Closed Why Is the Aral Sea Shrinking?

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