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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/PegPelvis on 2023-06-28 22:07:29+00:00.

Original Title: TIL that Vincent van Gogh was a failed missionary and art school dropout, suffered from psychotic episodes and delusions, drank and smoked heavily, spent time in psychiatric hospitals, lived with an alcoholic prostitute, and was a commercial failure when he died by suicide at age 37.