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bucolic_frolic

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Sun Aug 17, 2025, 10:50 AM Aug 17

A Nobel Prize was awarded to Antonio Egas Moniz in 1949 [View all]

Last edited Sun Aug 17, 2025, 01:07 PM - Edit history (1)

for developing lobotomy.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ant%C3%B3nio_Egas_Moniz

Posted to show they have awarded some prizes that seemed great at the time.

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