Originally Posted by
roberino
I was told (by a bloke down the pub) that Kentucky Fried Chicken changed its name to KFC because the state of Kentucky wanted to charge them a licence fee to use the name Kentucky. Nothing to do with "Kentucky-made". Now if only there was some arrangement of cables and electromagnetic waves that could connect me to some sort of information repository where I could confirm this...
I think you fell into the same trap I did. Check your sources for authenticity carefully.