15 Unreal Stories From The Latest News Cycle

MyPillow’s Mike Lindell is still waging war against the Bird App.

Authors: By Andrea Meno, JhallComics
Published: May 22, 2022
Comments: 18

Meet Nintendo's Legendary Synth Composer: Koji Kondo

Ocarina of Time, ever heard of it?

Authors: By Carolyn Page
Published: May 22, 2022
Comments: 0

15 Animal Facts That Are Too Wild To Tame

Oh, to hibernate for three years like a snail.

Authors: By Andrea Meno, JhallComics
Published: May 22, 2022
Comments: 8

That Time Super Mario Destroyed Thousands Of Bootleg Games

The heroic plumber uses his spare time to Narc hard.

Authors: By Tiago Svn
Published: May 22, 2022
Comments: 1

Avatar 2: Frontiers of Pandora Could Be The Best Game of All Time

Please giant blue god I'm gonna freak out if it's bad.

Authors: By Carolyn Page
Published: May 22, 2022
Comments: 2

13 Calorie-Rich Servings Of Trivia About McDonald’s

By:: Andrea Meno

June 23, 2021

13 Calorie-Rich Servings Of Trivia About McDonald’s

Turns out, when kids asked about the origin of McDonald’s hamburgers, the guys playing Ronald had to tell them that they’re grown and harvested. Here’s the full story, plus 12 others:

13

McDonald's changed its French fry recipe because of a customer with a grudge. Businessman Phil Sokolof spent $3 million on ads scolding fast food restaurants for their unhealthy food. When he targeted McD specifically, they folded. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source: News.com.au

12

The largest McDonald's restaurant isn't in the U.S.-- it's 00 actually in Moscow. The restaurant, on Pushkin Square, opened in 1990 after 14 years of negotiations, and seated 700 people (and they queued for hours to get in). NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source: CNN

Continue Reading Below

11

McDonald's has a surprisingly massive influence on the apple industry. The consumption of sliced apples in the U.S. went up by more than 3x since McD's put them on the menu in 2004, and McD's now sells over 10% of U.S. sliced apples. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source: Business Insider

10

Since 2014, the number of McDonald's restaurants has been shrinking. McDonald's McDonald's DRIVETHRU M The company had 14,350 restaurants in 2014, and that figure has been falling by 3% per year since. In 2018, for the first time since 2004, there were under 4,000. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source: Restaurant Business Online

9

The first McDonald's drive-thru opened next to a military base in Arizona. 5 McDonald's SERVICE SYSTEM HAMBURGERS McDonald's 24c 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 — Source: AZCentral

8

McDonald's replaced its coffee stirrers purely because of cocaine. People were actually using them to snort cocaine off of, and McD didn't want their product to be associated with that, so they redesigned them. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source: Snopes

7

U.S. Army technology was vital in the creation of the McRib sandwich. BACK. FRIEND IS langy OLD of that YOUR the telitate It's the tender The fact that way The McRib is actually restructured meat, which is made using a technique developed by the Army in the '60s to lower its food bill. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source: VICE

6

McDonald's delivery trucks in the UK run on grease from McDonald's fryers. traffic TO t freshness. follow the m Private That's been the case for more than a decade, and it's thanks to grease recovery units (GRUs) installed at every UK McDonald's restaurant. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source: edie.net

5

In Hong Kong, McDonald's has an upscale restaurant called McDonald's Next. The color scheme is black and white, the decor is glass and metal, and there's even table service in the evening. But they offer all the usual menu items. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source: CNN

4

The McDonaldland characters aren't original -they're just 00 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: CNN

3

If you ask Ronald McDonald where burgers come from, he says they're grown. According to a former Ronald McDonald, the story for kids was that hamburgers grow in a patch and then they just get plucked. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source: Mashed

2

One McDonald's restaurant has arches that aren't golden, but turquoise. M It's in Sedona, Arizona, and it's turquoise because the town has rules that ensure no buildings clash with the natural scenery surrounding it. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source: Business Insider

1

McDonald's Filet-O-Fis sandwich had its own, awkward mascot back in the '70s. Phi1A.OTishsavs For a surprisingly good taste... The mascot was called Phil A. O'Fish, and it lasted one year - 1976. Apparently, it was such a dud, it got replaced by a new campaign super quick. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source: Smithsonian Magazine

Tags

Recommended For Your Pleasure

4 Most Bizarre Video Game Ports

Some video game ports play as if they came straight out of bizarro alternate universes.

Authors: By Tiago Svn
Published: May 22, 2022
Comments: 3

18 of the Best Guest Star Appearances On 'Bob's Burgers'

If we have to hear a voice while we poop in the forest, Jon Hamm's is better than most.

Authors: By Erik Barnes, Andres Diplotti
Published: May 22, 2022
Comments: 1

5 Hyped 2022 Movies And TV Shows (With Dark Real-World Controversies)

We can't have anything nice ...

Authors: By JM McNab
Published: May 22, 2022
Comments: 3

4 Myths About The Ocean Movies Want Us To Believe

Welcome to Hollywood Myths, Cracked — our new series where we look at some of the blatant lies the Movie Illuminati keeps spreading through their films about cute little clownfish and murderous giant dino sharks.

Authors: By Zanandi Botes
Published: May 22, 2022
Comments: 9

The Epic War For Sealand: The World's Realest Fake Country

What if you could find a loophole so good that it effectively lets you start your own country, free from the rule of law? Well, that’s happened exactly once in modern memory, and oh boy, did it get weird.

Authors: By Alex Hanton
Published: May 22, 2022
Comments: 7

14 Greatest Relationship Lessons from Gaming

Love is not a game, but we sure can learn a lot from them.

Authors: By Carolyn Page
Published: May 22, 2022
Comments: 9