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TIL in 2009, KFC made an offer to cities in the US to fix their potholes for free as long as they could add “Re-Freshed by KFC” on top of it

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1aD9P TIL Initially selling for around $850 when introduced in 1908 (around $20,000 in today’s dollars), the Model T would later sell for as little as $260 (around $6,000 today) for the basic no-extras model
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