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TIL that the song "Down Under" had a major lawsuit 3 decades after its release. Greg Ham, who played the flute riff, was accused of stealing the part from a 1935 children's rhyme song. The band lost the case, and Ham was so devastated that his drug addiction worsened, and he eventually passed away.

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