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truth is stranger than fiction
from the English saying
最近思いもよらない事件が多いね。事実は小説より奇なり、とはよく言ったもんだよ。
You hear about a lot of incidents these days that would be hard to dream up. It really backs up the old saying that fact is stranger than fiction.
Other forms
事実は小説より奇也 【じじつはしょうせつよりきなり】