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Extra Extra: Tito's Vodka Repeatedly Explains To People Its Product Can't Be Used As Hand Sanitizer


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Published Mar 5, 2020


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  • As he prepares for a possible mayoral run, Andrew Yang has launched a nonprofit called Humanity Forward, which sounds a little too much like "The Human Fund."
  • The social media team at Tito's vodka has been forced to repeatedly explain to people that its product is not a suitable substitute for hand sanitizer.
  • The coolest karaoke club in NYC is located in someone's living room.
  • Disgraced ex-congressman Aaron Schock came out as gay today.
  • Fine & Schapiro, the 113-year-old UWS Jewish delicatessen, has reportedly shuttered.
  • An Outline writer interviewed his dad about being a Joe Biden supporter.
  • Kendrick Lamar and frequent collaborator Dave Free have launched pgLang, which they describe as “a new multi-lingual, at service company.”
  • Have you noticed that Nancy Cartwright, aka Bart Simpson, has been watching your Instagram stories lately?
  • In the new Hillary Hulu docu-series, Bill Clinton claims that his affair with Monica Lewinksy was one of the “things I did to manage my anxieties.”
  • Kids In The Hall have reunited for an eight-episode season for Amazon.
  • Here's a sweet comic about running into a former Lost actor on the subway.
  • Check out some of the highlights of Record Store Day 2020.
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Ben Yakas was born and raised in New York, and has worked for Gothamist for over a decade, and WNYC for four years, covering literally everything. He has hung out with Dan Smith (who will teach you guitar), but still has yet to have a guitar lesson with him.

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