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TiL : A Swedish couple won the right to name their children Metallica, Lego, and Elvis in 2008 due to Swedish naming laws preventing embarrassing names for children, a similar case failed in 1996 when a couple tried to name their child Brfxxccxxmnpcccclllmmnprxvclmnckssqlbb11116 (pronounced Albis)

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