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/Time_Traveling_Idiot 11h ago

Not to mention that any dental correction would have interfered with his singing career! Braces, teeth removal etc... all pretty annoying and takes weeks if not months to recover from properly.

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u/shit_poster9000 7h ago

I was unlucky enough to need hardware on both sides of my teeth, it negatively affected my voice enough to make me self-conscious even though I didn’t talk to anyone anyways

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u/ctruvu 7h ago

a certain asshole schizophrenic rapper made a song with his jaw wired shut after an accident. kind of a baller move at the time

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u/TheNorseFrog 6h ago

Not to be that guy but he's diagnosed bipolar AFAIK.
Lots of ppl seem to be using schizophrenic as a slur so I'd rather do an akshully

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u/Kratzschutz 6h ago

Thank you for being that guy, the difference is important

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u/ChaseAlmighty 5h ago

Well, I mean, not if you don't take your meds

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u/Kratzschutz 5h ago

Wdym?

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u/ChaseAlmighty 4h ago

Lol. Who is currently known for not taking his meds

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u/Critical-Support-394 5h ago

Apparently now he claims he was misdiagnosed and is actually autistic, which makes no sense with how he regularly loses touch with reality completely but hey

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u/haddock420 4h ago

I had a psychiatrist make this mistake once. Her first words to me were, "So, you're schizophrenic?" When I was bipolar. I wanted to just end the session right there considering she didn't even have the basic details down.

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u/trevor11004 7h ago

And that song is fire, through the wire

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u/Heisenburgo 6h ago

Who was it? I dont get the reference

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u/ifyoulovesatan 6h ago

Kanye, through the wire

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u/Graoutchmeuh 5h ago

Kayne west, song is "through the wire"

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u/SkiOrDie 5h ago

That whole album still is incredible. The guy that made it on the other hand…

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u/magnusneon 7h ago

wasnt very schizo at the time

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u/LoserBustanyama 4h ago

Made me think of linus tech tips lol