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Tasty facts without the tummy ache

42 Fast-Food Facts to Scarf Down Before The Lettuce Gets All Wilty

November 18, 2024

They call slightly healthier fast-food items “guilt-free,” but come on, people! This fact isn’t on this list but McDonald’s salads were found to contain as many calories than the burgers — that ranch dressing will getcha every time.

If you’re truly looking for fast food to be guilt-free, it has to be in fact form. Your brain can slam as many of these greasy little nuggets as possible without any of the side effects that your poor, poor stomach has to endure. Order up!

42

The ‘I’m Lovin’ It’ Jingle

Justin Timberlake was paid $6 million to sing the I'm Lovin' It jingle M i'm lovin' it™ Timberlake recorded the McDonald's jingle expanded into a full song, written by Pharrell Williams. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

41

Shaq’s Five Guys Franchises

Shaq owns 155 Five Guys Burgers and 17 Auntie Annie's Pretzels. FIVE GUYS RE SHAME TE FIVE GUYS E BUT L BET CARD - NOT ENTER That's more than 10% of the Five Guys in the United States. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

40

A KFC Christmas

KFC offers a popular Christmas meal package in Japan Kentucky Christmas It's so popular they recommend ordering two months in advance. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

39

Mickey’s Chicken

Mickey's Chicken began in 1990 as a fast-food restaurant in mall Disney Stores. CRACKED.COM Mouseketeer Meals were offered, but the two trial locations were soon closed due to competition from food courts. — Reader’s Digest

38

Dairy Queen’s Origins

Dairy Queen 1940 DAIRY QUEEN CRACKED.COM In 1938, to test a new soft serve technology, Sherb Noble of Sherb's ran a deal of all-you-can-eat ice cream for 10 cents. In 1940, Noble opened a Dairy Queen, that specialized in soft-serve. — Source

37

Whataburger

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 — Source

36

Buffalo Latte

If you like Buffalo wings, you'll love Tim Hortons' Buffalo Latte (or maybe not). BUFFALO LATTE Tim Horto Est. The AL two select Buffale, NY restaurants - Who supples TALE adidas - adidas Cream MAC Degree E INDAZ Main WWC Adidas 200m This refreshing beverage is infused with Buffalo sauce flavor and seasoning. It is only available in select Tim Hortons Restaurants in Buffalo, New York. CRACKED COM — Source

35

Burger King’s Red Burgers

In 2015, Burger King Japan introduced special, limited edition red burgers. Aka Samurai Chicken and Aka Samurai Beef were served on a red bun (colored with tomato powder) with a slice of red cheese and a special ANGRY Sauce made from miso paste and chili. GRAGKED.COM — Source

34

McDonaldland Characters

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 — Source

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Dairy Queen’s Swirl

42 Fast-Food Facts to Scarf Down Before The Lettuce Gets All Wilty

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Spoon-Shaped Coffee Stirrers

42 Fast-Food Facts to Scarf Down Before The Lettuce Gets All Wilty — Source: Snopes

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McDonald’s in Sweden

Sweden has a ski-through McDonald's Donald's A ski resort has a McDonald's you can ski right up to. How very Swedish of them. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

30

KFC’s Nail Polish

CRACKED KFC'S EDIBLE CHICKEN-FLAVORED NAIL POLISH. FTS FINGER LICKIN ITS FINGER GOOD и LICKIN GOOD DI Two flavors, Original Recipe and a bright orange Hot and Spicy, were introduced in 2016. To accentuate their finger lickin' good slogan, they instructed celebrities, bloggers, and social media stars in Hong Kong to lick their freshly painted nails. — Source

29

Dairy Queen in Texas

Dairy Queens in Texas have a different menu Dairy Queen Dairy Queen Some Texas-specific products include the Hungr-Buster and the Dude Chick'n Fried Steak Sandwich. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

28

Dunkin’ Donuts

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 — Source

27

The Taste

Fast food is purposefully designed to overwhelm our taste buds, making a lot of it seem to taste the same. These meals leave no room for nuance and appeal to our sweet, salty, and bitter taste receptors all at once. This barrage of flavor triggers positive reactions in the brain causing us to crave more of this junk food. CRACKED.COM — Source

26

Subway

Subway has the most locations of any fast food chain. SUBWAY REGATER OPEN SUB DAT With 43,800 stores in 110 countries, it beats out McDonald's and Starbucks. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

25

McDonald’s Gaming Chair

CRACKED THE MCDONALD'S MCCRISPY ULTIMATE GAMING CHAIR. McO McCr M ру 1 M - COMING McC 19 SOON McCroyy 19.10.22 Mc McC 5 M McC py McCripps py Mc ispy McD Bru McCr ру :eny McCrispy Snack and play simultaneously with grease-proof leather, a burger warmer, pillows for your neck and lower back, and two modular armrest extensions for holding your burger. — Dezeen

24

Carl’s Jr. Robots

CRACKED CARL'S JR. ROBOTS. COURSE Swapping servers for robots, tablets, and automated cubbies, Carl's Jr. CEO Andy Puzder said, The robots are always polite, always upsell, never take vacation, never show up late, there's never a slip-and-fall, or an age, sex, or race discrimination case. — Eater

23

Burger King’s Pokeballs

CRACKED BURGER KING'S DEADLY POKEBALLS. BIG KiDS RIC AS Charltard To promote 1999's Pokemon: The First Movie, every kids' meal came with a Pokemon figurine in its own Pokeball. The detachable pieces formed airtight seals around children's noses and mouths, and actually killed two small children. — Vice

22

McDonald’s MP3 Players

CRACKED MCDONALD'S MP3 PLAYERS. CRAZY FROS when 5 EDITION Donidan Momb No.5 McDonald's got in on the MP3 craze of the early 2000s with MP3 players in Happy Meals. It was basically cheap plastic shells that played one low quality popular song from Britney Spears and others. — The Gamer / Esperanto Web Design

21

VR Headsets

CRACKED MCDONALD'S VR HEADSETS. Promoting it as a VR headset, McDonald's in Sweden had kids re-fold their Happy Meal box, put an iPhone inside of it, and view it with the kit's plastic lenses. — The Gamer

20

Museums vs. Fast-Food Chains

There are more U.S. museums than there are Starbucks and McDonalds- combined LOCANSE McDonald's SPEEDER SERVICE SYSTEM HAMBURGERS We have Sold OVER 1 MILLION McDonald's There are around 11,000 Starbucks and 14,000 McDonald's locations in the U.S., compared to 35,000 museums. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

19

Burger King’s Halloween Whopper

The Burger King Halloween Whopper turned customers' poop green. The food coloring of the black bun led to the spooky stool color. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source: 13 Fast Food Facts (Fresh Out Of The Fryer)

18

Dave Thomas

Before founding Wendy's, Dave Thomas used to work for KFC Colonel Sanders used to mentor Thomas. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

17

Long John Silver

Peg Leg Chicken was a drumstick. CRACKED COM Long John Silver's tried to crawl from the sea onto land in the 70's and 80's by offering a fried drumstick. Wait -- is that supposed to be... Long John Silver's missing leg???

16

Bigfoot Pizza

Bigfoot Pizza' was just o-big pizza. Its whole... thing was that it was too big: too big for minimum wage-earning delivery guys to comfortably hold it, and too big for your ravenous family to snarf it down in one sitting. — YouTube

15

Arby’s Name

42 Fast-Food Facts to Scarf Down Before The Lettuce Gets All Wilty — Source: Mental Floss

14

McDonald’s No-Women Hiring Policy

42 Fast-Food Facts to Scarf Down Before The Lettuce Gets All Wilty — Source: Mental Floss

13

Roman Fast-Food Menus

Ancient advertising Roman fast food menus Scientists have found a painting of two mallard ducks and a rooster that are upside- down in a thermopolium (Roman fast food place). This could have been a sign of what food was being sold at the stall. CRACKED — Via NPR
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Teenage Employees

CRACKEDcO COM M fice Pm Less than a third of fast food workers are actually teenagers. Thirty percent are between 20-24 years old. Contrary to the ima

11

Glen Bell

42 Fast-Food Facts to Scarf Down Before The Lettuce Gets All Wilty — Source: Mental Floss

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Burger King’s Mascot

9

White Castle

White Castle is the oldest fast-food burger chain, originating in 1921 White Castle WhiteChotte.com el Castle Save dron The company's assembly line style food preparation helped to lead the the entire fast food industry. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

8

Menu Animation

Menu Animation GRACKED.COM Companies like McDonald's even use animation specifi- cally to direct your eyes away from the cheaper items, which is how you end up or- dering a $12 burger when you walked in singing a song about nuggies. — Source

7

Grill Marks

CRACKED COM Many fast food restaurants' hamburgers and chicken strips are imprinted with fake grill marks. — Source

6

Seating Comfort

Seating CRACKED.COM Depending on how quickly they want you to leave, restau- rants adjust the comfort of their seats accordingly, which is why all fast food seats are twisted hunks of plastic deter- mined to make your butt the star of its own Hostel film. — Source

5

Date Night at KFC

CRACKED KFC'S CANDLE-LIT TABLE SERVICE. KF For Valentine's Day in 2016, a UK KFC offered date-night table service with flowers, linen napkins, and a silver candelabra. A soft drink sommelier even helped couples pair the perfect soda for their chosen meal. — Mirror

4

Frings

Fries + onion rings Frings. You know that unique exhiliration of finding an onion ring in your french fries? Jack in the Box attempted to replicate that, but achieved the opposite: the devastating betrayal of being denied sufficient onion rings. — YouTube

3

Starbucks in the CIA

42 Fast-Food Facts to Scarf Down Before The Lettuce Gets All Wilty — Source: CIA

2

McDonald’s in Guantanamo

42 Fast-Food Facts to Scarf Down Before The Lettuce Gets All Wilty — Source: New York Times

1

The Golden Arches

42 Fast-Food Facts to Scarf Down Before The Lettuce Gets All Wilty — Source: BBC

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