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TIL Bill Murray voiced the Human Torch in the 1970’s Fantastic Four radio show

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gMRQ7 TIL Airbrush illustrations require you to cut out little pieces of film, or "frisket", with an X-acto knife and put them back for every area you want to color. I now appreciate Photoshop that much more.
Ka56 TIL Waffle House has branded vans and RVs that dispatch after a natural disaster, providing what damaged restaurants need to remain open: generators, extra manpower, IT support, and, a food safety team to make sure its food is actually safe to eat once the restaurant is serving again.
w9wM TIL The Sun, a British tabloid that published cruel lies about the Liverpool fans in its coverage of the 1989 Hillsborough Disaster in which 96 Liverpool fans died, is still banned from many Liverpool newsagencies, is not allowed at Liverpool matches and has very low sales in Liverpool to this day.
6Ljw TIL A shopkeeper in New Delhi teaches around 200 slum kids under a metro bridge for free. The school has no desks, chairs or blackboard just makeshift arrangements. Aptly named “Free School: Under the Bridge”
9YDgM TIL of Smoky, a Yorkshire terrier who helped save the lives of 250 soldiers in 1944