Factoid (English Wikipedia)

Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Factoid" in English language version.

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archive.org (Global: 6th place; English: 6th place)

mercurynews.com (Global: 989th place; English: 514th place)

  • Burrell, Jackie (May 19, 2014). "Amazing Race All-Star Winners: And the winner is (spoiler!!)". The San Jose Mercury News. Accessed June 9, 2014. "Brendan has promised his bride that if they win the million bucks, she can have a baby, a factlet that keeps coming up in the most manipulative and unsavory ways". (italics added)

merriam-webster.com (Global: 425th place; English: 373rd place)

motherjones.com (Global: 2,128th place; English: 1,157th place)

nytimes.com (Global: 7th place; English: 7th place)

oxforddictionaries.com (Global: 1,689th place; English: 1,562nd place)

rgj.com (Global: 8,134th place; English: 4,099th place)

  • Wright, Johnathan L. (May 26, 2014). "In One Ear: Cherchez the sparkle at jewelry fundraiser; Cakebread dinner". Reno Gazette Journal. Accessed June 9, 2014. "The chardonnay made its entrance next on the arm of rabbit loin wrapped in serrano ham (little food factlet for you: serrano ham couldn't be imported to the United States until 1997, when the pigs used in the ham were certified as free from African swine disease)". (italics added)

theatlantic.com (Global: 322nd place; English: 198th place)

  • Madrigal, Alexis C. (March 29, 2012). "Down With Factoid! Up With Factlet!". The Atlantic. Accessed June 9, 2014. "Factoid is now almost exclusively used to mean a brief interesting fact ... ought instead to use another word for a small probably unimportant but interesting fact".

theguardian.com (Global: 16th place; English: 11th place)

time.com (Global: 84th place; English: 63rd place)

washingtontimes.com (Global: 1,359th place; English: 789th place)

web.archive.org (Global: 1st place; English: 1st place)

wsu.edu (Global: 4,471st place; English: 2,909th place)