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TIL of Peter Buxtun, a Public Health Service epidemiologist, exposed the Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment by filing two protests with his superiors. His actions led to the story making the front page of The New York Times the following day and prompted the call for congressional hearings.

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Yn5A TIL Affirmative Action is referred to as “Positive Discrimination” in the UK
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