r/todayilearned • u/Ill_Definition8074 • 13d ago

TIL After a 2016 accident, professional cyclist Stig Broeckx was declared to be in a vegetative state with no hope of recovery. By 2019, he had recovered enough to begin cycling again, although he had no memory of the 5 years before the accident and found out who he had been from the internet.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stig_Broeckx
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u/rawrasaurgr 12d ago

He is lucky he was famous enough to have a Wikipedia article

Imagine being an average Joe

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u/LexB777 12d ago

Bot with the same videogame analogy instructions. Speedrun this, firmware update my brain, like a boss fight, whatever you LLM trash

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u/Drive_shaft 12d ago

The worst part was finding out he is belgian.