The word fact derives from the Latin factum. It was first used in English with the same meaning: “a thing done or performed” – a meaning now obsolete outside the law. The common usage of “something that has really occurred or is the case” dates from the mid-16th century.
Wikipedia: Fact
Fact, truth, real, information, evidence are not synonyms.
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