KFC Only Follow 11 People On Twitter And The Reason Will Leave You Truly SHOOK

20 October 2017, 14:24 | Updated: 20 October 2017, 14:31

By Nicky Idika

@adulthumanbeing

"They planted a low-key genius bomb and it just went off"

Did you know that KFC only follows 11 people on Twitter? That may seem like a totally random number but, while we were wallowing here in 2017, KFC has been patiently waiting for us to catch up to 3017.

Some eagle-eyed internet sleuths realised why KFC only follows 11 people on Twitter and the reason will probably keep you up at night.

First of all, let's take a look at who KFC follows, shall we?

via Twitter/KFC

Here we have all the members of iconic Brit pop girl group, The Spice Girls. We also seem to have an over-representation of verified Twitter users named Herb. Hmm, interesting.

It's all pretty innocuous until you realise that KFC's original recipe famously includes "11 herbs and spices".

.@KFC follows 11 people.

Those 11 people? 5 Spice Girls and 6 guys named Herb.

11 Herbs & Spices. I need time to process this.
— Edge (@edgette22) October 19, 2017

11 Herbs and Spices. I'm gone, ya'll.

via CW/Supernatural

People's minds were blown.

It's been brought to my attention that @KFC only follow 11 people. The Spice Girls and 6 guys called Herb. 11 Herbs and Spices. Mindblown..
— Gary Lancaster (@gary_lancaster) October 19, 2017

And everyone is giving props to the genius behind the gag.

the person that runs the KFC account needs a raise. I don't care how much they make now. GIVE THEM A RAISE.
— Samantha O'Pumpkins (@sicklittlejag) October 19, 2017

You guys. Go check out who @KFC is following, it is genius and props to the social media team!
— Jess McGuire (@jessmcguire) October 20, 2017

The .@kfc social media manager planted a low-key genius bomb and it just went off https://t.co/Abtx0rDlIO
— Alisha Grauso (@AlishaGrauso) October 20, 2017