40 Random Bits of Trivia About Fast-Food Joints That Are Like a Rest Stop for Your Weary Brain

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40 Random Bits of Trivia About Fast-Food Joints That Are Like a Rest Stop for Your Weary Brain

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CRACKED ON-BALANCE - LELAND VER AD ON BALANCE'S LUNCH TODAY M Pepper M M A CLASS ACTION SUIT FOR FALSE ADVERTISING. A Wendy's commercial food stylist said that she uses undercooked beef to make burgers look plumper, and layers toppings with pins. We all know the visual discrepancy, but in 2022, Wendy's and McDonald's got slapped with a false-advertising suit.

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WENDY'S WE OI ED НА FUNDERS Wendy's 1969 GRACKED.COM Wendy's didn't change up the old timey, western font until recently, but the creepy, Children Of The Corn original drawing of Wendy only lasted half a decade. Wendy herself looked like a portrait you'd find hanging up in a haunted Victorian style house, where her ghost would torment you with the same cold, dead eyes.

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Wendy's 1969 WENDY'S WHO OLD OLD FASHIONED FASHIONED HAMBURGERS CRACKED COM After working for years at KFC, Dave Thomas wanted a mascot for the hamburger chain he was opening. His daughter Wendy's name worked the best so he took a photo and the business began.

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Wendy's Baconator

Wendy's CRACKED.COM Baconator 1010 calories = - A Baconator from Wendy's has as many calories as 5.8 Jr. Chocolate Frostys.

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Wendy’s Avocado Veggie Salad

Wendy's CRACKED.COM Avocado Veggie Salad 600 calories II Coca-Cola Although probably more nutritional, the vegetarian salad has about the same calories as the Wendy's 8-piece chicken combo meal.

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TELL US NOW. TACO SALAD WENDY'S New Taco Salad Nicole G. describes, It came with tortilla strips, salsa ranch dressing and Wendy's Chili. Delicious f

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40 Random Bits of Trivia About Fast-Food Joints That Are Like a Rest Stop for Your Weary Brain
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The 2006 adaptation of Charlotte's Web released a series of Wendy's Kids' Meals promotional toys. Wenys Chatlotfe's Web LIMITED EDITION WILBUR COLLECT

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

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1 in 6 American workers has worked at McDonald's SVIII Each year, they hire about a million people. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

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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

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40 Random Bits of Trivia About Fast-Food Joints That Are Like a Rest Stop for Your Weary Brain
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Horse Meat Whoppers

BURGER KING'S HORSE MEAT BURGER KING TM CRACKED.COM In 2013, European meat suppliers were caught mixing horse meat with beef. The top company involved was Burger King, and after trace amounts of horse meat were found in their supply chain, they immediately switched suppliers.

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Small Whoppers

WEIRD WORLD Customers are suing Burger King, claiming the Whopper is smaller than advertised. The plaintiffs in the lawsuit, which was filed in the Southern District of Florida, are seeking monetary damages for anyone who was deceived by Burger King's advertising. CRACKED.COM

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The Left-Handed Whopper

In 1998 for April Fools', Burger King took out a -page ad announcing a Left-Handed Whopper. Burger King introduces the left-handed Whopper. Fat: E a B

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Fried Chicken Whopper

TELL US NOW. FRIED CHICKEN WHOPPER BURGER KING BURGER KING BURGER KING KING Michael B. reminisces about a FRIED chicken Whopper with BBQ sauce and onion rings.. CRACKED.COM

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Gracoro Burger MCDONALD'S CRACKED.COM McDonald's Japan once offered this deep-fried dollop of macaroni, shrimp, and white sauce.

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They Love Lying About Their Fries

They Love Lying About Their Fries CRACKED.COM Nobody thinks McDonald's fries are a pure and natural product, which is why it was so weird when McDonald's ran ads in the U.K. in the early 2000s showing a sliced potato in a cardboard sleeve with the headline The story of our fries (end of story) and the claim that We peel them, slice them, fry them and that's it. When communications authorities con- firmed that there are, in fact, several oth- er steps and ingredients involved, Mc- Donald's was forced to pull the ads, pre- sumably commenting, We don't know what

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The McLibel Case

The McLibel Case 100 10 CRACKED.COM In the '90s, McDonald's launched a libel case against a handful of no-name U.K. activists who distributed pamphlets about the company's harmful practices that ended up dragging on until it be- came the longest trial in English histo- ry. It was a P.R. disaster for McDonald's, who was seen as picking on the little guys, and the legal proceedings (in which the activists were forced to de- fend themselves on a shoestring bud- get) revealed that many of their claims were actually true.

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DINNERTIMIN' This was how McDonald's tried to appeal to African-American customers in 1976. DOYOUR DINNERTIMIN'' AT McDONALD'S. When you're looking fo

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