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capitalsfan08 t1_j29xd1h wrote

Reply to comment by My_Penbroke in This day, 100 years ago, the USSR was created by SENPA-A-A-A-I-I

Ah yes, I am sure the CIA, founded after WWII, was able to induce a stroke in Lenin.

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NerdyyPlatypus t1_j2ans84 wrote

Being fair, he had a stroke because of lead poisoning after he was shot.

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Aurion7 t1_j2aucbj wrote

While a popular theory, his symptoms failed to improve in any meaningful way after having the bullets removed and the oxidation theory remains unproven generally. It's more likely the stroke(s) specifically were caused by arteriosclerosis.

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