From the Salmon

Someday in the distant future, when historians look back on the early days of the twenty-first century, one of them may very well discover this story and say, “that pretty much sums it all up, now doesn’t it?”

November 14, 2006
KFC CREATES WORLD’S FIRST BRAND VISIBLE FROM SPACE

KFC Corporation (a division of YUM! Brands, Inc. NYSE:YUM) today became the world’s first brand visible from outer space by unveiling a record-breaking 87,500 square feet, updated Colonel Sanders logo in the Area 51 desert. [...]

It took a team of nearly 50 designers, engineers, scientists (including astrophysicists), architects and other professionals working nearly three months to conceive, create and execute building the world’s largest logo. [...]

The logo consists of 65,000 one-foot by one-foot painted tile pieces that were assembled like a giant jigsaw puzzle: 6,000 red, 14,000 white, 12,000 eggshell, 5,000 beige and 28,000 black.

Even from 423 miles up, you can still see that smug look on his face.