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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/neromoneon on 2025-06-09 13:50:13+00:00.

Original Title: TIL that the inventor of lobotomy was awarded a Nobel Prize in medicine. Egas Moniz was also a duelist, medical school dean, member of parliament, ambassador and foreign minister. Once he was shot by a patient but survived. Moniz also authored many books, even one on the history of playing cards.