35 Trivia Tidbits About Fast Food
Fast food facts as fast as fast food!
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So, of course, we had to bang this fast-food list out as quickly as… Time’s up. We’re fired. Hope you enjoy the new writers’ lists tomorrow.
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![Houston Police used Whataburger order numbers to mark crime scenes. WHATABURGER WHATABURGER 67 33 They were told to stop in 2017 after an image went viral. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/0/4/2/1102042.jpg)
![Starbucks venti and grande lattes both have two shots of espresso. X You're paying more for four ounces of frothed milk. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/0/4/1/1102041.jpg)
![The first McDonald's drive-thru opened next to a military base in Arizona. 15 McDonald's SERVICE SYSTEM HAMBURGERS McDonald's 25 have Sold OVER 1 MILLION Soldiers at the base couldn't show up in public in a work or duty uniform, so a drive-thru was set up to allow them to buy at McDonald's anyway. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/0/4/0/1102040.jpg)
![White Castle is the oldest fast-food burger chain, originating in 1921 White Castle WhiteChoile.com e Castle Save Uron The company's assembly line style food preparation helped to lead the the entire fast food industry. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/0/3/9/1102039.jpg)
![Arby's is a play on RB for Raffel Brothers, the founders. Arby's ROAST Beer Sandwich IS DELICIOUS Arby's Leroy and Forrest Raffel almost named it Big Tex. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/0/3/8/1102038.jpg)
![Dunkin' Donuts was originally named Open Kettle. DUNKIN' DRIVETHRU DONUTS - The founder's architect came up with the name we know now, changed two years later. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/0/3/7/1102037.jpg)
![In the '60s, McDonald's was going to abandon their famous arches but... McDonald's Restaurant McDonald's McDonald's DER KURLE WITH THE a design consultant told them to keep them as Freudian symbol of a pair of nourishing breasts. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/0/3/5/1102035.jpg)
![Dave Thomas regretted naming Wendy's after his daughter. Не said, I should've just named it after myself, because it put a lot of pressure on . NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/0/3/6/1102036.jpg)
![Chipotle 1993 Chipolle CINEMA GRAPHICS THE ULTIMATE POSTER SHOP CRACKED COM GOILL Steve Ells was working as a chef when he opened a burrito stand as a low-risk investment to support his dream of a full-scale restaurant. Не got a loan of $80,000 from his dad.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/0/3/4/1102034.jpg)
![Starbucks 1971 CRACKED.COM The three founders were college friends who were instructed how to roast by Peet's Coffee and Tea founder. The company's name was picked out from Moby Dick...it almost was named Pequod.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/0/3/3/1102033.jpg)
![Burger King 1953 CRACKED.COM Inspired by McDonald's, the founders bought the rights to the Insta-Broiler, a special grill, which inspired their resturaunt's name Insta-Burger King. It was franchised the following year.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/0/3/2/1102032.jpg)
![Subway 1965 *Petes SUBWAY Ril KITCHEN CRACKED.COM Fred DeLuca was 17-years-old when his family friend Dr. Peter Buck gave him a $1000 loan to open a sandwich shop to help fund his college. It was originally called Pete's Submarines.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/0/3/1/1102031.jpg)
![The McDonaldland characters aren't original -- they're just ripoffs. C McDonald's lifted everything from H.R. Pufnstuf, one of the most popular kids' TV programs in the '70s. It was so brazen, McDonald's got sued. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/0/3/0/1102030.jpg)
![McDonald's had a no women hiring policy until the late '60s. Even then, the owner demanded female employees be flat-chested and not work the grill since they didn't have the stamina for intense labor. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/0/2/9/1102029.jpg)
![Taco Bell is named after its founder, Glen Bell. TACO BELL Не was a California entrepreneur who first owned a mini golf course and a hot dog stand. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/0/2/8/1102028.jpg)
![The first doughnut machine was made in 1920 to meet the demand following WW1. Adolph Levitt, a Jewish refugee who came to America fleeing czarist Russia, designed the ma- chine and began selling fried doughnuts from his Harlem bakery in New York City. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/0/2/7/1102027.jpg)
![KFC 1952 New حته CRACKED.COM After varied careers, Colonel Harland Sanders began selling food out of his gas station in 1930. It wasn't until the invention of the pressure cooker in 1939 where he perfected his quickly fried chicken with 11 herbs and spices. In 1952, he franchised the business.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/0/2/6/1102026.jpg)
![KFC bath bombs KFC x VILLAGE VINGUARD - dock - GRACKED.COM In 2017, KFC Japan offered bath bombs that would make your skin smell just like the decadent fried flesh offered by your favorite poultry murder syndicate.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/0/2/5/1102025.jpg)
![A gigantic dartboard for space debris Free TACO Here! CRACKED.COM When a Russian space station was set to crash back to Earth in 2001, KFC went and made a gigantic target in the Pacific Ocean, and promised free tacos for the entire planet if any of the debris fell onto it. (None did).](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/0/2/4/1102024.jpg)
![McDonald's flamin' hot Fitbit if STEP-iT CRACKED.COM Step-Its were little Happy Meal pedometers that started giving kids mysterious burns, blisters, and rashes. McD's had to recall over 30 million units.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/0/2/3/1102023.jpg)
![TGI Friday's mistletoe drone IN HERE, CRACKED.COM A demonstration of their mobile mistletoe drone went about as poorly as you'd expect. Were you expecting that it chipped off the tip of a photographer's nose? Great, then we're on the same page.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/0/2/2/1102022.jpg)
![Krispy Kreme (accidentally) supports the Klan COLOURING LUESDAY 18th February. 12:00pm - 5.00pm KKK WEDNESDAY CRACKED.COM In 2015, a Krispy Kreme location in the UK planned a week of fun family events, including a Wednesday dedicated to the unfortunately named Krispy Kreme Klub.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/0/2/1/1102021.jpg)
![Burger King's desperate plea for a Michelin star STOCK MICHELIN TYRES GRACKED .COM Coinciding with their unfortunately named Master Angus burger, the CEO of ВК Belgium launched a petition to get their now-fancy restaurants into the Michelin Guide. Michelin played along (to an extent), and agreed to inspect a location.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/0/2/0/1102020.jpg)
![The Noid caused a hostage crisis N PIZZA CRACKED.COM Domino's recently brought back The Noid, hoping we'd all forgotten that time in 1989 when a paranoid man, surnamed Noid, took two Domino's employees hostage because he thought the tagline avoid the Noid! was directed at him.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/0/1/9/1102019.jpg)
![BURGER KING BURGER BURGER KING KING HOME OF THE WHOPPER 1957 GRACKED.COM When Burger King first experimented with a mascot, they created this little cherub who sat upon your burger. Maybe the Whopper he is famous for is that gigantic bulge between his legs. They actually went back to the iconic logo of the 70's, 80's and 90's just this year, so you never know if they will resurrect this meat elf in the future to terrorize the dreams of children.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/0/1/8/1102018.jpg)
![DUNKIN' DONUTS Dimbit DUNKIN' Dunkin' Donuts 1954 GRAGKED.COM Before a hairy, geriatric store owner enthusiastically announced that it was time to make the donuts, Dunkin' had a mascot called Dunkie. This horrific carbohydrate-gollum, wearing coffee cup pants and a paper hat, proudly served up his confectionary brethren with a wink and a smile.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/0/1/7/1102017.jpg)
![SONIC SONIC DRIVE -IN SERVICE WITH N SPEED OF SOUND Happy Eating TEXAS M-M-M-M-M OKLAHOMA SONIC HAM- BURGERS KANS ARKANSAS 1963 CRACKED.COM The first advertisements for Sonic Drive-In feature a well dressed man, who has the body of an earthworm, plug-walking with a steaming sack of hamburgers. They promise service with the speed of sound - not AT the speed of sound, but WITH the speed of sound. I suppose it's comforting to know that I won't be served a chili cheese dog in the vacuum of space.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/0/1/6/1102016.jpg)
![PIZZA HUT Pizza Pizza Hut Hut 1960's Pete IM GRACKED.COM The apron-wearing Pizza Pete was made back when character design for any restaurant mascot was just an Italian man in his 50's. Pete's design was characterized by his sleeveless checkered shirt, a bad comb over, a cowboy hat that never makes contact with his scalp, and both eyes on one side of his head like a flounder.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/0/1/4/1102014.jpg)
![STARBUCKS STARBUCKS COFFEE SPICES 1971 TEA TM CRACKED.COM The iconic two tailed mermaid was lifted from a 16th-century Norse Woodcut and is probably a little too detailed (in all the wrong ways) for a logo. This was updated in 1987 to hide her fishy fun-bits, and make her not look like she'll make a coffee filter out of your skin.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/0/1/5/1102015.jpg)
![Pizza Hut delivered to the ISS. The company paid the Russian space agency $1 million to deliver a salami pie. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/0/1/3/1102013.jpg)
![English muffins were made in New York. They also aren't muffins. They're crumpets. What a misnomer. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/0/1/2/1102012.jpg)
![Hard shell tacos were popularized by Taco Bell. They were developed in the U.S. in the 1890s. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/0/1/1/1102011.jpg)
![One burger can contain hundreds of cows. All thanks to a 1960's innovation called the disassembly line. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/0/1/0/1102010.jpg)
![An 18-inch pizza is more than twice as large as a 12-inch pizza. Four square feet more, to be precise. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/0/0/8/1102008.jpg)
![Pizza Hut used to be the largest purchaser of kale in the U.S. Pizza Hut Pizza-Hut 5ª It wasn't even eaten - it was a garnish on their salad bars. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/0/0/9/1102009.jpg)