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TIL that Qantas transported a jet engine on a 747

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epy8L TIL that Black pepper has been used in Indian cooking since 2000 BC and was used as a form of commodity money.
16Vlr TIL that Jani Lane, frontman of the band Warrant, once expressed regret for writing the 1990 song “Cherry Pie,” stating that: "I could shoot myself in the fucking head for writing that song." However, in a later interview, Lane recanted that statement and said that he was interviewed on a bad day.
WkOBY TIL that during their migration, a hummingbird's heart beats up to 1,260 times a minute, and its wings flap 15 to 80 times a second.
VBBQm TIL that in 1969 Jeff Wayne wrote a jingle for a Lego radio commercial. Years later he added lyrics to it and used it in his famous 'War of the Worlds' musical.
R5bj6 TIL in Henry Fords' childhood farming was manual. He wanted to "lift the burden of farming from flesh and blood and place it on steel and motors." Ford was the only automotive firm to sell cars, trucks and tractors simultaneously from 1917 to 1928.