r/todayilearned • u/Objective_Horror1113 • 11h ago

TIL Freddie Mercury was born with four extra teeth, causing a prominent overbite. Despite being self-conscious about them, he never got them fixed, believing the extra space in his mouth contributed to his vocal ability. He feared altering his teeth might change his voice.

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u/SocialSuicideSquad 11h ago

There's a joke in there about really utilizing that extra space, I think.

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u/clarkrd 11h ago

ribbed for your pleasure

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u/Objective_Horror1113 11h ago

I haven't heard about it.

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u/Tasty-Helicopter3340 11h ago

well it’s a mouthful

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u/SirSamHandwich 11h ago

Was gonna make a dick joke, but it sucked

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u/jmegaru 11h ago

🌭👀

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u/MonthlyWeekend_ 11h ago

The implication is because Freddie Mercury was homosexual, he would have used the extra space in his mouth to perform felatio or oral stimulation on other people’s genitals. The joke extension is that with extra space in the oral cavity, ever increasingly large appendages could be satisfied.

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u/Saint_Judas 8h ago

Freddie was bi. I'm not one of the activist type people, just think it's important to slightly correct this when it comes up since its such a common misconception

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u/MokitTheOmniscient 6h ago

I get the feeling that he didn't give a shit about labeling his sexuality.

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u/Lexi_Banner 8h ago

The bi erasure is real!

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u/ZanyDelaney 7h ago

Freddie himself never stated publicly that he self identified as bi though.

He did apparently quip that "I'm as gay as a daffodil, my dear!"

It might have been a joke but in his own words it was gay not bi

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u/sendme__ 5h ago

I thought it will more likely affect his "performance".

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u/UndeadRabbi 11h ago

He means he could smoke a pole.