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TIL that the song 'Who let the dogs out?' sparked a bidding war between Nickelodeon and Disney. Disney wanted it to be in the movie 101 Dalmatians, and Nickelodeon wanted it to be in Rugrats in Paris. In the end, Nickelodeon offered the band their own concert special, and paid the cost of the video

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