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TIL The pilot 'Ian Fleming's Solo' was sued by the producers of the James Bond films for their exclusive usage of Fleming's name and the name 'Solo' (a character in Goldfinger). Fleming denied selling the producers the name 'Solo' but the show still had to be renamed to 'The Man from U.N.C.L.E.'

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