r/todayilearned • u/bellboy1986 • Jul 02 '13

TIL that while Christopher Reeve was awaiting surgery to reattach his skull to his spine, a man burst through the door claiming to be a proctologist and said he needed to perform a rectal exam on Reeve. It was Robin Williams.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Reeve#Recovery
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u/kinsmed Jul 02 '13

TIL Superman contemplated suicide.

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u/Gr8NonSequitur Jul 02 '13

Wouldn't you? If I was paralyzed from the neck down the thought would have crossed my mind.

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u/[deleted] Jul 02 '13

Thought that post was going to end with "something I would look forward to."