In her new sci-fi series Pas de crédit dans le monde des clones, Patricia imagines a dystopian future in which all credit card companies have merged into one:

Du fait de nombreuses fusions,

Because of many mergers,

il ne reste plus qu'une société anonyme de cartes de crédit.

there remains only one limited liability credit card company.

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Du fait de is one of several French expressions that mean "because" (you can learn more about these expressions in our past lesson on the topic). It's also one of many expressions featuring the word fait, which you might recognize as a conjugation of the verb faire (to make, to do). But fait is also a noun meaning "fact"—du fait de literally means "from the fact of." In this lesson, we'll review some other "fact"-based expressions in French. 

Patricia uses a similar expression to du fait de earlier on in her video—de ce fait (therefore, literally "from this fact"):

De ce fait, toutes les procédures de paiement

Therefore, all payment procedures

sont réalisées sans argent physique.

are performed without physical money.

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Now that you know that fait means "fact," you can probably guess what en fait means. Alessandro uses it when interviewing a flea market vendor: 

Vous, c'est une véritable passion

For you, it's a true passion

que vous partagez tous les jours en fait.

that you share every day, in fact.

Caption 6, Cap 24 - Paris : Alessandro fait les Puces!

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The vendor responds in the next caption with another fait expression, tout à fait (exactly):

Oui, oui. Tout à fait.

Yes, yes. Exactly.

Caption 7, Cap 24 - Paris : Alessandro fait les Puces!

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Don't confuse en fait with au fait, which means "by the way" or "incidentally":
 

Ah, au fait, j'ai parlé à Vanessa de nos nouveaux voisins.

Oh, by the way, I spoke to Vanessa about our new neighbors.

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En fait and au fait are easily confused not only because they look similar, but also because the t is pronounced in both of them. In most other instances of the word fait, the t is silent.  

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If someone has done a good job on something, you can say, Bien fait! (Well done!) In this case fait isn't a noun but the past participle of the verb faire:

Oui, chef. Bien fait!

Yes, chief. Well done!

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As a noun, fait doesn't only mean "fact." It can also mean "event" or "occurrence" depending on the context:

Cette histoire est inspirée de faits réels.

This story is inspired by real events.

Caption 21, Le Jour où tout a basculé - Espion dans l'immeuble - Part 1

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This lesson is now a fait accompli (accomplished fact). Thanks for reading!