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The word fact can refer to verified information about past or present circumstances or events which are presented as objective reality. In science, it means a provable concept. Etymology and usage The word fact derives from the Latin Factum, and was first used in English with the same meaning: "a thing done or performed", a use that is now obsolete. The common usage of, "something that has really occurred or is the case", dates from the middle of the sixteenth century...