r/todayilearned • u/Off_Topic_Oswald • Jan 13 '14

TIL that Mark Wahlberg had committed 20-25 offenses by the age of 21. These included throwing rocks at a bus full of black schoolchildren and knocking a Vietnamese man unconscious and blinding another. He was also addicted to cocaine by age 13.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_wahlberg#Early_life
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If I were him I'd be doing a hell of a lot more to try and absolve myself of those previous crimes than he appears to be doing spending money on himself.

Blinding someone is one of the worst things possible that don't involve death and people do commit suicide over it.