Truth is stranger than fiction
Sometimes what actually happens is more bizarre than anything that could have been imagined.
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truth is stranger than fiction
truth is stranger than fictionReal life can be more remarkable than invented tales, as in In our two-month trip around the world we ran into long-lost relatives on three separate occasions, proving that truth is stranger than fiction. This expression may have been invented by Byron, who used it in Don Juan (1833).
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Q. Truth is stranger than fiction: Alex Rodriguez just went to Barry Bonds for hitting tips?
From Washington Post ● Jan. 25, 2015
The title "Truth is stranger than fiction" later became "Truth is a stranger to fiction."
From Time Magazine Archive
The saying that "Truth is stranger than fiction" should read that fiction may not be as strange as truth.
From The Writing of the Short Story by Lewis Worthington Smith
Truth is stranger than fiction, and it is the truth that we would often make thirty-five or forty miles a day with those sheep.
From The Second William Penn A true account of incidents that happened along the old Santa Fe Trail by William H. Ryus
It is said that "Truth is stranger than fiction."
From The Bark Covered House by William Nowlin
In politics, truth is stranger than fiction more often than you might expect.
From BBC ● Feb. 28, 2026
But, as they say, truth is stranger than fiction and viewers won’t soon forget the film’s devastating conclusion.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 12, 2025
When truth is stranger than fiction, it is often easier to disbelieve, at least until the facts make it impossible to ignore reality.
From Salon ● Jan. 24, 2024
If you don’t believe that truth is stranger than fiction, it’s time for you to learn about the Isaiah Silva vs.
From Slate ● Jun. 1, 2018
How often people say truth is stranger than fiction!
From Not Like Other Girls by Rosa Nouchette Carey
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