I am compiling a couple of facts to publish in a newsletter.
Some of them are fun to know so I've called them Fun Facts.
Some on the other hand are not-so-fun, even tragic in some cases. What is the right word to describe them?
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Related: Origin of the term "fun fact". – Sven Yargs Jan 25 '19 at 07:50
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1I think the answer depends on why you're including these facts. If there's a specific reason, then the label should match that; if not, then they're "random facts". – ruakh Jan 25 '19 at 08:14
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1The contrast can be found in 'cold hard facts' and 'inconvenient truths'. – AmI Jan 25 '19 at 08:20
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“Fun Facts” and “Tragic Truths”. – pbasdf Jan 25 '19 at 09:20
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It might be painful. – Hot Licks Jan 25 '19 at 13:05
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You can use whatever phrase you want. Depressing Facts, Sad Facts, Boring Facts, and so on. – Jason Bassford Jan 25 '19 at 19:10
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The term "Fun fact" is really just a common phrase that consists of an adjective (fun) and a noun (fact). In other words, it is not a 'single word', and people can easily come up with another 2-word adjective+noun phrases, like "red apple", "green apple", "brown box", "white box". One could argue that the opposite of 'fun' can be either 'boring' or 'serious', but I think true opposites only come in pairs, such as in/out, up/down, ie, you can't have more than one opposite.
What I am trying to say therefore is, you can add any adjective in front of the word 'fact' to describe it, like sad/serious/tragic/funny fact, there doesn't have to be an opposite of a 'fun' fact.
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For a newsletter, you could use General News or General Updates. Those carry a neutral tone.
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You can use the word trivia to represent all kinds of facts, whether they're fun or not. It's a fairly neutral term (regarding this aspect; it does convey a message that the facts aren't really useful to know).
Details, considerations, or pieces of information of little importance or value.
(source: Oxford Dictionaries)
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