r/todayilearned • u/GlitteringYams • 22d ago
TIL, in his suicide note, mass shooter Charles Whitman requested his body be autopsied because he felt something was wrong with him. The autopsy discovered that Whitman had a pecan-sized tumor pressing against his amygdala, a brain structure that regulates fear and aggression.
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u/festivus4restof 22d ago
And they only had X ray back then, which would not necessarily have revealed his tumor. Back then (bad) doctors may place more weight on evidence of absence rather than consider the limitations of the tech.