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TIL: The Vikings Beat Columbus To America By Nearly 500 Years (And Were Repeatedly Repelled By Native Peoples)

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MMwB TIL Cats cannot taste sweetness.
yo1a TIL Freddie Mercury hated doing Bohemian Rhapsody live because he considered himself a mediocre pianist.
1axWP TIL that director William Friedkin first approached Audrey Hepburn for the role of Chris MacNeil in "The Exorcist" but she was only willing to take the role if it was shot in Rome, as she had recently moved to Italy. Also considered, ahead of Ellen Burstyn, were Anne Bancroft and Jane Fonda.
NXXvM TIL that Alec Guinness earned 2.25% of the profit from Star Wars
oRWL7 TIL Yasunori Mitsuda worked so hard on the Chrono Trigger and Front Mission: Gun Hazard soundtracks that he developed ulcers and urinated blood.