truth is stranger than fiction
unevent
déjà vu
kettle of fish
surprisingly
looks can be deceiving
historical fiction
unexpectedness
egocentric predicament
throw into a cocked hat
accident
new ballgame
ballgame
hair-splittingly
nonevent
footnote
evenemential
nuke the fridge
duh factor
fridge logic
idea of reference
semireality
little did one know
spotlight effect
the grass is always greener on the other side
hair-splitting
by accident
wham
strange
discrepancy
variance
variant
unusual
veil
here today, gone tomorrow
nonreality
sting in the tail
snakes and ladders
surprise
unhoped-for
guess what
speak too soon
unhoped
unthought
unthought-of
limit situation
as if nothing had happened
accidental
first
real-life
actuals
shock
pass for
whoosh
sideshow
dwarfing
Rashomon effect
vagary
minutia
observer's paradox
ace up one's sleeve
transmundane
creeping determinism
as it is
mystifier
doublet
see things
uneventful
reappearance
geographism
off the radar
flip the script
luck
telltale
fortune
whammo
horse of a different color
jump out
bury one's head in the sand
clanger
unincidental
byproduct
cloud
just in case
out of sight, out of mind
impression
out of nowhere
chance
mark
pale into insignificance
massacree
hazard
unusualness
minimization
act of God
by-product
pull a rabbit out of a hat
remain to be seen
more than one bargained for