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TIL Queen was competing with Wham! to become the first Western pop group to perform in China. Wham!'s manager made 2 brochures - one featuring Wham! fans as pleasant middle-class youngsters, and one portraying Queen frontman Freddie Mercury in typically flamboyant poses. The Chinese opted for Wham!.

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WL TIL that Australia, Great Britain and Switzerland are the only countries to send a team to every Olympic Games since their inception in 1896.