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ICYMI: Harvard Dropout Mark Zuckerberg Finally Gets A Degree
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- Hey look, another handshake mishap involving Trump and a world leader (this time it's France's Emmanuel Macron).
- Mark Zuckerberg delivered a commencement speech at Harvard, where he'd dropped out many moons ago. Also, he finally got his degree (though it's an honorary one).
- In case you haven't been keeping count, Congress hasn't raised the minimum wage in 10 years.
- Carrier is set to begin layoffs in spite of the President's earlier threats. More than 600 jobs will be cut from its Indiana plant.
- Remembering Brainiac, the '90s band that a member of the Wrens hails as "the greatest live band of all time."
- Do you know how to grill an egg?
- A montage inspired by Spike Lee's love of dollies:
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