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TIL Early versions of the Jimmy Croce 1973 smash hit, "Bad Bad Leroy Brown" included the line, "meaner than a concentration camp dog," but Croce decided that it was unpleasant to the ear and it was also offensive to Jews, Gypsies, and homosexuals.

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