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Extra, Extra: 'Millennial Experts' Are Running The Most Lucrative Racket In America
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Ben Yakas
Published May 17, 2016
Modified May 17, 2016
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- Burger King has heard the cries of the people and opened their own spa in Finland.
- Learn how to pretend you're still 25.
- Just rename the country The United States Of Cheese already.
- Remember! Remember! The swing revival of the late '90s!
- A teacher was fired for buying students books and selling them to kids at $2 each.
- Some very savvy people have dubbed themselves "Millennial experts" and are now charging companies up to $20K to help them understand Millennials.
- Columbia University is opening a "First Amendment war room."
- Melania Trump says her husband is not Hitler...which is EXACTLY what Hitler's wife would say.
- Schools chancellor tells parents not to freak out about transgender bathroom policy.
- Working on Facebook's Trending team sounds pretty soul-crushing.
- And finally, poison ivy-munching goats have taken to Prospect Park:
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