Fascinating Truths You Probably Didn’t Know About Freddie Mercury

Thanks to DJ Kenny

The fact that the song made it to the radio was largely due to British DJ Kenny Everett, who was friends with Freddie. He had a popular morning radio show on Capital Radio. Against his orders not to play the song, he played it anyway.

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He played the full song on his show 14 times in just two days. And on the following Monday, everyone wanted to buy the single, but they couldn’t because the single hadn’t been released yet in record stores. Everett went on to say “Forget my words, this song could last for half an hour – and still would have been wonderful. It should be a masterpiece for the ages!”

Vampire Sneeze

In one scene of the film, Freddie coughs into his right elbow while walking. But if you want to get technical, this “vampire cough” (also referred to as the “vampire sneeze” or “Dracula sneeze”) technique where you cover your mouth with your elbow didn’t come into common knowledge and use until the early 2000s.

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In the early 2000s, it was publicized by the Centers for Disease Control and Britain’s National Health Service during the Influenza A (H1N1) flu outbreak in an attempt to protect others from germ transmission while keeping your hands clean.