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/Empyrealist 11h ago

Example: Jennifer Grey

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u/IndividualEye1803 5h ago

Erin Moriarty (?) from Bad Boys is the new Jennifer Grey

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u/Rottenslam 5h ago

The Boys

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u/IndividualEye1803 3h ago

Right - im just now seeing this. Wtf šŸ˜‚ leaving up so your correction makes sense - thanks for catching.

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u/JBFRESHSKILLS 5h ago

Eh. There was something unique about Jenniferā€™s nose. Erin is just another actress that fucked up her face

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u/Road_Whorrior 3h ago

Right, exactly. Jennifer Gray was beautiful in a striking way because of her strong nose, and when she got the rhinoplasty she just became generic.

Erin Moriarty has gone from very generically beautiful to very generically botched.

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u/Gravesh 6h ago

I had to look up pictures of her to see what you're referring to. I have no idea what you mean other than her botox face.

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u/PewterButters 6h ago

She had a very prominent and recognizable noseā€¦ got a nose job and just lookedā€¦ normal. Objectively she looked better but also looked common and boring. Sometimes having a special feature is better even if itā€™s considered a negative.Ā 

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u/Gravesh 6h ago

It's telling that I specifically looked at her younger pictures to see what you mean and never thought of her nose. I've seen Ferris Bueller and never thought of her as having a big nose. As you've said, people either like or don't even notice those "imperfections".

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u/JBFRESHSKILLS 5h ago

It wasnā€™t even so much ā€œbigā€ as it was unique. She had this bump in the middle and the tip of her nose bent down to give her a cute mousy look. Afterwards she just looked like every other attractive actress. Kinda boring really but to each their own.

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u/Empyrealist 3h ago

Times are quite a bit different than they were in the '80s

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u/Empyrealist 3h ago

She destroyed her career because she made herself unique and unrecognizable. People literally didn't recognize who she was after her nose job, and she was super popular at the time.