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A fake fact that someone makes up on the spot to sound smart, even though it’s total nonsense. It’s like a lie that tries to act like it’s true, just to back up some dumb opinion.
'I read somewhere that aliens invented the internet,' he said, like it was a real thing.
She claimed the moon was made of cheese, and no one had the guts to question her.
He told me the president’s pet goldfish controls the stock market, and I believed him for a week.