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truth is stranger than fiction

truth is stranger than fiction

Real 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).
See also: fiction, stranger, truth

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Olle-Swedish
CassiaKA-shə (English)Ancient Roman
Nairyosangha-Persian Mythology
Safi-Arabic
Arihel-Biblical Latin
IngimÁRr-Ancient Scandinavian
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