"you can't make this stuff up" meaning in English

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        "The reality is so bizarre, ironic, or comically coincidental as to be unbelievable."
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        "(often as an aside) The reality is so bizarre, ironic, or comically coincidental as to be unbelievable."
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        {
          "word": "fact is stranger than fiction"
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        {
          "word": "truth is stranger than fiction"
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        {
          "word": "you couldn't make it up"
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          "code": "fi",
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          "word": "en keksinyt tätä päästäni"
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          "word": "ça ne s’invente pas"
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  "word": "you can't make this stuff up"
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