Although Bonnie and Clyde's allure is centered on their ill-fated love storythat's not the full picture. Here are 10 things you probably didnt know about the real life Bonnie and Clyde.

Clydes early arrests were tame

Clyde grew up the fifth of seven children in a poor farming family southeast of Dallas, Texas. As historian Jeff Guinn recounts in , 17 year-old Clyde was first arrested for theft after failing to return a rental car on time. The company got its car back and declined to press charges, but just three weeks later, Clyde was convinced by his brother to pick up a truckload of turkeys. The turkeys, in turned out, were stolen, and both brothers were arrested. Clyde didnt go to jail-that time, at least-but the incident earned him a reputation.

Two of Clydes toes were chopped off in prison

Eventually, Clyde did go to prison, and family and fellow prisoners said it changed him , as one friend explained. According to Guinn, Clyde while in jail using a lead pipe to attack an inmate who sexually assaulted him. However, another prisoner, who was serving a life sentence, took the blame instead. Later, to avoid mandatory fieldwork, Clyde had his left big toe and part of his second toe chopped off.

Bonnie was marriedbut not to Clyde

Like Clyde, Bonnie grew up poor in small-town Texas. A week before her 16th birthday, she married , who was frequently in and out of prison. Bonnie even got a tattoo on her thigh, a pair of red hearts labeled Bonnie and Roy. The marriage fizzled soon after, but the couple never divorced.

The couple fell in love at first sight

Stories about how Bonnie and Clyde met vary. A Parker family account written after their deaths says Clyde visited a female friends house while Bonnie made hot chocolate in the kitchen; others say they met at a party. But nearly everyone agrees they were inseparable from the start. As one member of their gang , Bonnie was like Clyde. They had grit. They meant to stay free or go down together.

Bonnie and Clyde didnt like robbing banks

Bonnie, Clyde, and their associates went on a from the summer of 1932 through the spring of 1934, so they're often associated with other famous outlaws of the era, like bank robber John Dillinger. But the Barrow gang-Clyde was the undisputed leader-considered robbing banks too much trouble. Instead, they targeted shops and gas stations, which were less risky. That also means they didnt amass large sums of money and resorted to cracking open for extra change, Smithsonian reported.

Bonnie wasnt a cigar-smoking, gun-toting killer

By all accounts, Bonnie was smitten with Clyde, and present for most of the gangs crimes. Newspapers printed of her posing for the camera with a gun and cigar, but one gang member it was all for show. Bonnie never actually fired a gun or even smoked cigarettes. According to FBI , Bonnie was a willing accomplicenot a killer.

Bonnie and Clyde's gang only killed when necessary

Bonnie and Clyde were killed by police, so there's no confirmation of how many people they murdered. Historians suggest the two are responsible for 12 or 13 deaths, while the FBI at least a dozen. Those killings generally came when the Barrow gang was confronted by police or had to shoot their way out of a robbery.

Bonnie was injured in a car accident while on the run

After more than a year of being pursued by police, Clyde missed a sign warning of bridge construction while driving in Texas. The car flipped into a ravine, and Bonnie was badly burned. She'd been burned so bad none of us thought she was gonna live, one gang member later . She survived, but could barely walk for the remainder of her life.

Clyde's prison escape was fueled by revenge

Clyde did time in Texass Eastham Prison Farm-known as for its cruel conditions. In 1934, near the end of the Barrow gangs run, the crew returned to Eastham for a prison break. Historian John Neal Phillips Clyde sought revenge on the Texas prison system.

Bonnie and Clyde knew they were doomed

Bonnie wrote poems long before she met Clyde and continued to jot down verses while on the run. The poems are a revealing window into the thoughts of a woman who predicted her own doom, as evidenced in .