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TIL in 2000, due to a Disney DVD “duplication error”, the Toy Story Ultimate Toy Box Set shipped to Costco Stores contained scenes from the R-rated romantic comedy movie “High Fidelity” inserted at a random point during Toy Story 2, in which the word “fuck” is used twice by John Cusack.

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