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Fun fact! Leaders of the Republicans in Virginia invented aerobics (6)

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I believe the answer is:

trivia

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'fun fact' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I can't understand how one could define the other.

'leaders of the republicans in virginia invented aerobics' is the wordplay.
'leaders of' indicates taking the first letters.
The first letters of 'the republicans in virginia invented aerobics' is 'TRIVIA'.

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(Other definitions for trivia that I've seen before include "Unimportant facts" , "relatively unimportant matters" , "Inconsequential facts" , "Unimportant or valueless things" , "Unimportant things or details" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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