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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A Twitter user has earned kudos online for discovering a subtle message on KFC's account.
The KFC account follows just 11 users; five of them are former members of the Spice Girls and the other six are men named Herb, including Green Bay Packers cornerback Herb Waters and music legend Herb Alpert. It adds up to 11 herbs and spices, part of the famous secret recipe KFC founder Colonel Harland Sanders touted for his fried chicken.
Another one of the Herb's they follow is Deseret News writer Herb Scribner, who first noticed something was up when KFC followed him on Twitter about a month ago.
So @kfc just followed me, five other people named Herb and ... the Spice Girls. That's cute. pic.twitter.com/sT5gOMlEfN
— Herb Scribner 🎃 (@HerbScribner) September 18, 2017
The connection went viral after it was noticed on Twitter by a user who goes by "Edge." His tweet about it has been shared hundreds of thousands of times on the platform.
.@KFC follows 11 people.
— Edge (@edgette22) October 19, 2017
Those 11 people? 5 Spice Girls and 6 guys named Herb.
11 Herbs & Spices. I need time to process this.
I am one of these people. https://t.co/AA21LFvHam
— Herb Scribner 🎃 (@HerbScribner) October 20, 2017
KFC tells The Associated Press it has been following the 11 Herbs and Spices for about a month.
Contributing: KSL.com
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