It's been half a century since this song became not only anthemic but iconic. Just ask Wayne & Garth. In honor of the event, here are the 50 things you may not have known about "Bohemian Rhapsody." 

Among my favorites:

-By the end of the recording, the tape was so dangerously worn from repeated use and overdubbing that it was nearly transparent and had to be very promptly safety copied.

-The piano used by Freddie for Bohemian Rhapsody was the same one used by Paul McCartney for Hey Jude.

And

-The gong that so dramatically strikes at the track’s close now stands in the garden of Queen’s Roger Taylor.

See the rest here.