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Strange but true: Terry Bradshaw checked into hospital under alias 'Tom Brady' in 1983

File this one under "How did no one know about this until now?!"

The Twitter account Quirky Research, which features tons of interesting NFL tidbits from years past, tweeted a truly mind-blowing article on Wednesday.

On Feb. 3, 1983, when then-Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Terry Bradshaw needed offseason elbow surgery, he decided to go incognito. He didn't check into Doctor's Hospital in Shreveport, Louisiana, under his own name, and instead used the alias "Tom Brady." Yes, really.

On this date in 1983, the winningest quarterback in Super Bowl history checked into a Louisiana hospital using an assumed name.