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On this day, December 23, 1888, Vincent van Gogh severed part of his ear and gave it to a woman in a brothel.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page• 1888 – During a bout of mental illness, Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh (pictured) severed part of his left ear and gave it to a woman in a brothel in Arles, France.
Vincent van Gogh
Vincent van Gogh