Here We Go Again. KFC Offers $11,000 to Parents Willing to Name a Baby 'Harland'

Scholarship designed to plump up founder’s moniker

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2038. A young man sits across from his parents in a cafe. The 20-year-old is in the midst of a stellar college career and has begun interviews for an internship. One question, however, always keeps coming up—and is usually the first from the interviewer: “Your name is Harland. That’s interesting. Where did that come from?”

Harland, not really caring much about his name’s origins as a kid, can’t ignore the pattern and now needs to know.

“Mom.

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