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TIL a committee of five men was originally organised by Congress to draft the Declaration of Independence. However none of the senior members wanted the tedious burden of actually writing it. The task was foisted on junior member Thomas Jefferson who didn't want the job either.

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9YkMB TIL before it became male-dominated, computer programming was a promising career choice for women, who were considered "naturals" at it. Computer scientist Dr. Grace Hopper said programming was "like planning a dinner. You have to plan ahead and schedule everything so it’s ready when you need it."
xPPB TIL that Jackie Chan is not a fan of the Rush Hour Series and does not understand the American humour.
wOG8 TIL of the Parsley Massacre, a government-sponsored genocide of ethnic Haitian civilians in 1937. Dominican soldiers would hold up a sprig of parsley to someone and ask “What is this?”; how the person would pronounce the Spanish word for parsley would determine his/her fate.
Y7plP TIL that during World War II, USAAF Col. Paul Tibbetts was frustrated with his pilots complaining about how hard it was to fly the new B-29 bomber. He arranged for two women WASP pilots to be trained on the big plane and had them fly it around the country just to shame the men. It worked.
oBeWr TIL that while touring in Australia, Frank Sinatra insulted the media, especially female media. The stagehands union refused to work his show until he apologized. Sinatra threatened to cancel his shows. The transport union refused to prepare his airplane for departure