This is a true story! It happened to a friend of a friend of mine! No, but it did happen, and it Robin Williams IRL was Oliver Sacks. It's a crazy story and you have to come along to hear it.
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Some stuff to watch:
encephalitis lethargica footage from 1925:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5lNVtUlroZc
Oliver Sacks talking about it plus footage of the real people described in Awakenings:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNum0dTYalk&t=379s
Waking up after years asleep fun edited science video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pdkKSCsFUSo
Documentary of the incident from 1973 featuring young sprightly Sacks plus footage of Leonard and others INCLUDING THE BALL THROWING
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGq04Opx9DY&list=PLC3C1CE99A7A65B41&index=1
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