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TIL in Belsano, Pennsylvania, US, there's a drive-in restaurant named Krispy Kream Drive-In, opened in 1968. Donut chain restaurant Krispy Kreme tried for years to force them to change their name, but no luck. The case was settled in 2009 on the condition that Krispy Kream wouldn't sell donuts.

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