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TIL Edward Neumeier turned down a promotion to Vice-President at Universal Pictures so he could finish the RoboCop screenplay with Michael Miner

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v45j TIL Afghan resistance leader Ahmad Shah Massoud, who fought against the Soviets in the 1980s, was also against a fundamentalist interpretation of Islam. He was assassinated two days before 9/11, after warning of a major terrorist attack set to happen in the United States.
YpYyB TIL Habushu - a liqueur made in Okinawa which involves submerging a living pit viper in a jar and sealing it; some variations involve putting the viper on ice to knock it out, gutting it & sewing it back up, and placing it in the alcohol only for it to wake up and get super aggressive before dying
5wZD TIL he world record for longest, most accurate shot with a bow is made by an armless man, hitting the target 230 yards away.
rNKXM TIL during the Civil War, the US government started printing bills in fractional dollars, rather than coins, due to a metal shortage. Congress passed a law forbidding living people to be on money after the bills' designer put his own face on them, rather than a US president's.
n5MP TIL that the creator of the Nintendo Game Boy was originally hired by Nintendo as a maintenance man.