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TIL In 1973 a Swedish convict Jan-Erik Olsson took 4 ppl as hostages during a bank robbery in Stockholm. During the incident they built a strong emotional bond with him, that none of the hostages testified against him, instead they helped him. This psychological bond is called "Stockholm Syndrome"

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