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TIL the reason that Johnny Cash flipped the bird to the camera in the iconic photo was to send a message to the prison warden. The photographer Jim Marshall had asked Johnny to express what he thought of the prison authorities.

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dDNaK TIL that romantic comedy director Garry Marshall created Happy Days, and is the brother of director Penny Marshall
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191P TIL that the itchy feeling you get around a scab is a result of the body releasing histamine to help trigger the cells which will help to close the wound and create new tissue.