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STOCKHOLM (AP) — Life imitated art Tuesday when "The Big Bang Theory" — the popular U.S. television show that is — made its way into the annals of Nobel history.

The announcement that a trio of scientists had won the physics Nobel started off with an unlikely reference: the opening lines of the show that ended its run earlier this year with a story line in which two main characters — Sheldon and Amy — actually won the Nobel Prize.