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TIL there has never been a confirmed case of someone born with congenital blindness developing schizophrenia

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BkjL TIL Dwayne Johnson was set to star in a movie about Hawaiian warrior-king Kamehameha, but was pulled because he’s Samoan, with the producer saying, “It would be a great taboo for the part to go to a nationality that was a fierce enemy of the Hawaiians during that time.”
5VYYp TIL that sportscaster Jack Whitaker was banned from The Masters for six years after referring to fans as a "mob". Spectators at The Masters are referred to as "patrons". Augusta president Clifford Roberts said "We don’t have mobs at Augusta" and demanded that CBS remove Whitaker from the broadcast.
8eLw8 TIL director and writer of A Knight's Tale, Brian Helgeland, said that he intended to show what Geoffrey Chaucer (played by Paul Bettany) might have been doing that inspired him to write The Canterbury Tales during the six months in which he seems to have gone missing in 1372.
78MbM TIL Bob Marley was never nominated for a Grammy. However, he has 2 albums (Catch a Fire & Exodus) and 3 singles (“Get Up, Stand Up,” “No Woman, No Cry,” & “One Love”) in the Grammy Hall of Fame.
xVrxg TIL that as recently as 2003 homosexual relationships were illegal in 14 states; until the Supreme Court struck down these laws.