Editor’s Note: This content contains spoilers about the Netflix film Unabomber .

Netflix’s Unabomber explores the early life and arrest of Ted Kaczynski , who carried out a 17-year bombing campaign that killed three people and injured 23 others. Starring Jacob Tremblay as a young Kaczynski, the drama focuses on the controversial experiment Kaczynski participated in as a young Harvard student, as well as the manhunt and investigation that led to his capture decades later.

While inspired by real events, this fictional retelling takes a few liberties, offering a somewhat accurate take on Kaczynski’s life and crimes. Here’s what Unabomber gets right and wrong America’s most notorious domestic terrorist.

Was Ted Kaczynski Really a Math Prodigy?

As shown in Netflix’s Unabomber , Kaczynski was, in fact, a child math prodigy. Growing up, Kaczynski was ahead of peers academically, skipping two grades and graduating high school early.…