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TIL that McDonalds turns away a higher percentage of applicants than Harvard.

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7r8ZX In this week’s Today I Learned, National Geographic Emerging Explorer Thandiwe Mweetwa explains how female lions synchronize their reproductive cycles so they have cubs around the same time.
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