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* "I am not making this up" is a [[Catch Phrase]] of humor writer [[Dave Barry]]; he even named one of his books ''Dave Barry Is Not Making This Up''. Although sometimes [[Blatant Lies|he is anyway]]. On occasion, when he's reporting something genuine but really ridiculous, he'll say something like "I'm pretty sure I must have made this up."
* In [https://web.archive.org/web/20110319220609/https://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=cache-and-carry one column], Steve Mirsky uses the phrase "I'm not kidding, that's the actual plot." after summarizing ''[[Relentless]]''.
* ''[[Discworld]]'':
** In the Author's Note at the end of ''[[The Amazing Maurice and
** In ''[[The Truth]]'', he mentions in the beginning his research about how cities dealt with flooding problems that inspired Ahnk-Morpork's method is based on the city Seattle, Washington's methods used towards the end of the 19th century.<ref>"Really. Go and see. Try the clam chowder while you're there."</ref>
* In ''[[Nation]]'', Terry Pratchett says that, among other things, a cannon made of whatever was lying around has been used several times in real life.
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