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Tell Us Now: 15 Early Memes That Spread Far And Wide Without The Internet

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Fatter Than Babe Ruth: 14 Hall-of-Fame Athlete Cameos on The Simpsons

Game on with these 15 Simpsons cameos by America’s favorite athletes.

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Published: July 23, 2021
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The Scientific Travesty Inspired By Ronald Reagan's Idiotic '50s B-Comedy

Ph.Ds are no less immune to the corrupting influence of movies than anyone else.

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4 Strange Ways Hollywood Thinks About Boobs And Weiners (VIDEO)

Hollywood just can't quite grasp boobs and weiners.

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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:

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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