When you buy corn on the cob, avoid ears with black or dry corn silk or kernels with indentations, because those are signs that the corn is drying out and has lost sweetness. One large ear of sweet, yellow corn boiled without salt has 113 calories, 4 grams of protein and 1.8 grams of total fat.
In the year leading up to Vincent Van Gogh's death (1890), he had fits of despair and hallucinations. On July 27, 1890, Van Gogh shot himself in the chest with a revolver. The bullet passed through his chest without doing major damage to his internal organs. Van Gogh was rushed to the hospital and died the next day of an untreated infection. His death is generally accepted as a suicide.
Vincent Van Gogh (1853 - 1890) was a Dutch. Post-Impressionist Master whose innovative art influenced modern Expressionism, Fauvism, and early Abstract art. Van Gogh produced all of his work during a 10-year period. In 1889, he created 150 paintings and drawings alone! Tormented by mental illness for most of his life, Van Gogh created many of his masterpieces while institutionalized.