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TIL that the Queen logo, called the Queen crest, was designed by Freddie Mercury himself, who held a degree in graphic design. The logo combines the zodiac signs of the four band members.

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XR6j TIL There is a Spanish version of the song “John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt” called “Juan Pedro Pablo de la Mar”
PYMQn TIL we have three types of tears - basal, reflex and psychic. Psychic tears, the ones we produce when we are sad, have a different chemical make up than the other two and contain a natural painkiller, leucine enkephalin, which is perhaps why we feel better after we cry.
M71b0 TIL that the phrase "Does exactly what it says on the tin" came from a UK advert in 1995
LkxGQ TIL Paul Newman, while attending a small college in central Ohio, began a laundry service out of his dorm room. Newman’s Laundry and Dry Cleaning Service was a success, earning the young entrepreneur the nickname “The Laundry Man of T-Barracks” in 1949.
9YbrD TIL about I'll Do Anything, a 1994 James L. Brooks film that was originally filmed as a movie musical, featuring songs by multiple artists including Prince. After negative test reactions to the music, Brooks cut out all the numbers and spent seven weeks adding and re-editing new scenes for the film.