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that in 1889 the US Congress created a committee with two members known as the Committee on Disposition of Useless Executive Papers. Its job was to discard papers both members agreed weren t important and report why they weren t important. This later was replaced by the National Archives.

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Fun Fact: that in 1889 the US Congress created a committee with two members known as the “Committee on Disposition of Useless Executive Papers.” Its job was to discard papers both members agreed weren’t important and report why they weren’t important. This later was replaced by the National Archives.

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