#fact  a piece of information about circumstances that exist or events that have occurred; "first you must collect all the facts of the case"
  supertype:  information  knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction
  subtype:  case.fact  the actual state of things; "that was not the case"
  subtype:  detail__item__point  an isolated fact that is considered separately from the whole; "several of the details are similar"; "a point of information"
     subtype:  minutia  a small or minor detail; "he had memorized the many minutiae of the legal code"
     subtype:  nook_and_cranny__nooks_and_crannies  something remote; "he explored every nook and cranny of science"
     subtype:  respect__regard  (usually preceded by `in') a detail or point; "it differs in that respect"
     subtype:  sticking_point  a point at which an impasse arises in progress towrd and agreement or a goal
     subtype:  technicality__trifle__triviality  a detail that is considered insignificant
  subtype:  particular__specific  a fact about some part (as opposed to general); "he always reasons from the particular to the general"
  subtype:  general  a fact about the whole (as opposed to particular); "he discussed the general but neglected the particular"
  subtype:  matter_of_fact  a matter that is an actual fact or is demonstrable as a fact
  subtype:  observation.fact  facts learned by observing; "he reported his observations to the mayor"
     subtype:  scientific_fact  an observation that has been confirmed repeatedly and is accepted as true (although its truth is never final)
  subtype:  reason.fact  a fact that logically justifies some premise or conclusion; "there is reason to believe he is lying"
     subtype:  indication.reason  (medicine) a reason to prescribe a drug or perform a procedure; "the presence of bacterial infection was an indication for the use of antibiotics"
     subtype:  contraindication  (medicine) a reason that makes it inadvisable to prescribe a particular drug or employ a particular procedure or treatment
  subtype:  score.fact  the facts about an actual situation; "he didn't know the score"
  subtype:  truth  a fact that has been verified; "at last he knew the truth"; "the truth is the he didn't want to do it"
     subtype:  home_truth  an important truth that is unpleasant to acknowledge (as about yourself)
     subtype:  verity  an enduring or necessary ethical or religious or aesthetic truth

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