Interest
Proportion of Hacker News items mentioning "fact" over time.
Mentions
Total number of Hacker News items mentioning "fact" over time.
A fact is a true datum about one or more aspects of a circumstance. Standard reference works are often used to check facts. Scientific facts are verified by repeatable careful observation or measurement by experiments or other means. Generally speaking, facts are independent of belief, knowledge and opinion. Facts are different from inferences, theories, values, and objects. Read more on Wikipedia