I Am Not Making This Up

Basic Information

I Am Not Making This Up is a type of fan-speak when truth is stranger than fiction - the kind of stuff that sounds completely unbelievable, but apparently is real.

List of I Am Not Making This Up Examples

Candlefish
Global Consciousness Project
Pykrete
WASP Injector Knife

News: British nukes were protected by bike locks

Sources

TV Tropes Wiki entry

Game and Story Use

• This is useful for reminding players that the real world contains some pretty crazy things - so maybe they should stop arguing about the fictional elements of your setting and just roll with them.