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TIL when Paul McCartney stated on The Simpsons “If you play ‘Maybe I’m Amazed’ backwards, you’ll hear a recipe for a really ripping lentil soup.”, he wasn’t joking. If you play the version used in the credits backwards, you can softly hear Paul reciting the recipe.

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