Fact
A fact was information which was considered as true. It could be verified with evidence. Facts might be exaggerated, influenced by biased opinion, and might lead an individual to wrong conclusions. (; )

It was a fact that one of Spock's ancestors married a Human female. ()

It was a fact that, by 2265, studies into ESP in Humans had  some had the ability of sensing future happenings or reading the backs of playing cards; however, the esper capacity was always quite limited. ()

The only sure fact recovered from the s disaster recorder was that the ship had been destroyed. Captain James T. Kirk saw this as the "best argument" for continuing the probe of the galaxys edge, because he reasoned that other vessels might come this way and they would need to know what dangers they might encounter.  ()

In 2266, after being informed by Ben Childress, the representative of the Rigel XII miners, that he could either accept the terms of a swap for lithium crystals or the crystals would be hidden in a place that a  landing party could never locate, Kirk responded, "You're a long way out in space, gentlemen. You'll need medical help, cargo runs, starship protection. You want to consider those facts too?" ()

In 2366, after the android Data had been sent by Starfleet to the colony planet Tau Cygna V, inhabitants had been discussing why he came and Gosheven called a meeting to replace misinformation with fact. ()

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