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Today I learned that the comedy folk band 'The Lancashire Hotpots' were forced to change the title of their song "The Beer Olympics" due to copyright claims by the IOC. They then renamed the song "The Beer International Non-Profit, Non-Governmental Sporting Quad Yearly Event."

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