# truth is stranger than fiction

> English word · Proverb

## Definitions
1. Sometimes actual events are stranger than imagined ones.

## Etymology
Attributed to Lord Byron.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/truth-is-stranger-than-fiction