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Becoming an intimacy addict - According to Australia's Daily Telegraph, an 81-year-old Swiss man named Angelo De Luca woke up from a four-day coma in 2010, after falling from a plum tree, with an insatiable appetite for intimate relations.

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De Luca's new-found addiction reportedly led to regular visits to a very young 'adult entertainment professional', spending about US$3,430 on just one visit. A judge ruled that he was incapable of managing his own affairs, and De Luca's son seized control of his finances and two houses.

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Losing a smoking addiction - One Reddit user said their mother was in a month-long coma, before which she was an avid smoker. When she awoke, she was surprised to know she was a smoker, and never lit up again.

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Giving birth -

British woman Valerie Leah contracted swine flu three months before she was due to give birth in 2010. Fearing that her baby was at risk, doctors reportedly put the critically ill woman in a coma.

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Giving birth -

When she awoke, they placed her newborn son into her arms. Four months later, the two were discharged, completely healthy, and Leah became one of a few people to deliver while in a coma.

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Living an alternate reality for what feels like 10 years - A man who awoke from a coma was surprised to see that he was the same age, just two months older. He had lived out what felt like 10 years of a vivid alternate life while in the coma.

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Learning Spanish - Reuben Nsemoh, a 16-year-old from the state of Georgia, says he awoke from a coma, days after suffering a soccer injury in 2016, speaking fluent Spanish while forgetting the language he did know, English. After the days passed, his English returned and his Spanish waned.

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Believing you're Matthew McConaughey -

Rory Curtis, a 25-year-old from the UK, fell into a coma following a car crash. On waking up, he was convinced that he was Hollywood's Matthew McConaughey.

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It was only when he caught a glimpse of his reflection in the bathroom mirror that his delusion was foiled.

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And speaking fluent French -

Curtis also developed the ability to speak fluent French, despite not speaking a word of the language since dropping it in school at age 13.

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And taking on a supposedly French persona -

Two years on, Curtis still maintained his fluency and, according to Express UK, he said, "I wasn't really that good at it at school and then I'm there acting all French in their sort of arrogant yet sophisticated way. It wasn't me at all. I don't know how I know it—I just do."

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Traveling back in time -

A UK woman named Candace Emptage fell into a six-week coma in 2010 and awoke believing that she was 22, that Princess Diana was alive, and that the Spice Girls were still top of the charts.

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When she learned she was not in the '90s and instead she was, in fact, 40, a mother of a 14-year-old, and had a boyfriend of six years, she says, "Shock doesn't even come close to what I felt."

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Forgetting how to breathe, swallow, and pee -

There are various cases of people who wake up from comas and have to re-learn how to breathe, pee, and swallow because they had been supported with ventilators, catheters, and feeding tubes for so long.

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Forgetting entire people and places -

When Lisa Russell woke from a three-week coma in 2005, she couldn't recognize her mother or her boyfriend, although she did recognize her father. She didn't remember her home either, and broke up with her boyfriend because she couldn't rekindle her feelings.

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Changing your taste in style - One Reddit user was in a week-long coma following Christmas holidays. When they went home and found "ugly" new turtlenecks in their closet, they asked their mom and she said they had purchased the clothes themselves with gift cards.

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Becoming a vegetarian - One Reddit user revealed that their long-time meat-eating father had fallen into a coma. When he awoke, he asked why he was being fed meat, as he was vegetarian.

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Becoming a king -

In Nepal in 2001, Crown Prince Dipendra Bir Bikram Shah (R) fell into a coma after killing 11 Nepalese royals, including his parents (the king and queen) and turning the gun on himself. The succession rules technically gave him his father's position as king as long as he was alive, so for roughly 54 hours Nepal was ruled by a mass murderer in a coma!

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Suddenly having amazing memory -

One Reddit user told a story about waking up from a four-week coma and having an eidetic and photographic memory, suddenly having the ability to recall entire conversations verbatim—even the date and time—and memorize images with a quick glance.

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Hearing people in the room -

Many people who come out of comas remember the sound of a loved one reading a book to them, and sometimes the content of what's being said gets warped into dreams.

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Waking up without control of your body - One Reddit user explained that they were in a medically induced coma, with induced paralysis, for six weeks, during which time they occasionally woke up in their mind but couldn't move at all.

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Facing the possibility that you are dead - Another Reddit user was in a similar situation while spending eight days in a coma. They had woken up but couldn't move even an eyelid, so they had accepted the idea that they had died.

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Not processing any passage of time -

People can also awake from comas and feel as though they have only just blinked, with absolutely no memories of anything in between.

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Breaking out into song -

A three-year-old named Layla Towsey reportedly fell into a coma after contracting meningitis in 2009. She was put on life support, but after five days she suddenly began singing ABBA's 'Mamma Mia.' She ended up making a full recovery.

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Writing and speaking fluent Mandarin -

Ben McMahon, 19, fell into a coma following a car accident in Melbourne, Australia. He had studied Mandarin in high school and had visited Beijing, but only had a basic understanding. When he awoke, however, he was fluent in both speaking and writing, but no longer in English.

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Writing and speaking fluent Mandarin -

"I didn't have to think about it, it felt completely natural to me," he said, according to Express UK. It took several days for his English to return, but he retained his fluency in Mandarin.

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Forgetting your gender -

After a woman awoke from an induced coma, she had no memory and believed she was a man. She said she later realized she had a catheter between her legs.

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Gaining one language, losing another -

Sandra Ralic, 13, had only just started learning German at school in Knin, Croatia, when she fell into a coma in 2010. When she awoke, she was fluent in the language, but had lost her Croatian.

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Changing eye colors -

According to a Reddit user, their green-eyed father had been in an eight-week coma, and when he awoke, his eyes had changed drastically to blue.

See also: Weird and wonderful facts about your body.

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