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Darkkingswrath t1_j87z8w5 wrote on February 12, 2023 at 8:57 AM

Reply to comment by epochpenors in TIL that due to a restaurant offering free sushi to anyone with Chinese characters for salmon in their name, hundreds of Taiwanese changed their names in a situation that was dubbed "salmon chaos". Some are now stuck with names like Salmon Dream or Dancing Salmon. by Kurma-the-Turtle

Domino’s in Russia did a similar thing. Get the logo tattooed and you'd get 100 pizzas a year for 100 years.

GrandmaPoses t1_j88tg8k wrote on February 12, 2023 at 2:48 PM

Which led directly to the invasion of Ukraine for their strategic mozzarella reserves.