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		Qantourisc on June 25, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: I Knew Snowden. And He’s Not The Story Sorry, the phone book contains data (witch should also be facts), but I'd consider it more data, then facts.

swores on June 25, 2013 [–]

Is "fact" not in some cases a synonym of "data"?

"Qantourisc; 144" might be read as data while "Qantourisc registered on HN 144 days ago" might be read as a fact.

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