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Based on what actually happened, not on what would make a better story.
means Concerned with or grounded in real, verifiable facts rather than opinion, theory, or wishful invention.
from From Latin factum, a thing done, via fact plus the adjective tail -ual, modeled on actual; English coined it in the 1830s when fact needed its own descriptor.
Cousin to actualBoth descend from Latin words for done deeds.
Late bloomerArrived centuries after the noun fact itself.
Not truthfulStatements can be factual yet morally hollow.