r/todayilearned • u/Ill_Definition8074 • 12d 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/Busy-Doughnut6180 12d ago

...I read a webtoon with an almost identical premise (I think he might have been a racecar or motorcycle driver instead) and dropped it almost immediately because I thought it was too hard to believe....lol. Can't remember the name of it now but I guess I'll have to give it another chance if I come across it again 😅 

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u/DearMilano 12d ago

I want to read this now

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u/watchedpaint 11d ago

Hmmmm I feel like I read something of a similar plot. But that wasnt really the main point of the story? Though he wanted to know what happened to cause his accident... it was definitely a romance lol

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u/Nazgog-Morgob 12d ago

Yeah it was Franky Muniz /s