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neNxr TIL in 1974, a then largely unknown Queen were booed and heckled at a music festival in Australia. Freddie Mercury told the audience, "When we come back to Australia, we will be the biggest band in the world!" Queen would return after debuting their smash hit Bohemian Rhapsody just two years later.
X09ED TIL the southern slope of Ecuador’s Cayambe Volcano contains the highest point on Earth crossed by the equator—at about 4,690 meters (15,387 feet) above sea level. It’s the only place on the equator where snow is found year-round.
P1LKn TIL in 2005 Gary Beach became the first artist to play the same part on Broadway and in movie theatres at the same time after returning to his stage role as Roger De Bris while The Producers movie was in release
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