14 Now-You-Know Fast Food Facts, By The Numbers
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There's something quintessentially modern about drive throughs. The convenience of cheap, ultra processed food, handed through a window by an anonymous worker, all without setting foot outside of your car. It's a beautiful thing really. Whether your mom is taking you home after baseball practice, or you are taking yourself out for a midnight snack (Ed note: please don't say ‘Fourth Meal’) we all have unique and fond drive through memories.
It's hard to imagine life without the option of a drive-through. You likely can name off fast-food chains quicker than you can list your own cousins.
Despite their popularity, there's a lot more to drive throughs than meets the eye. For example, we bet you didn't know there's not even that many of them. There are actually more museums in the United States than there are McDonald's drive throughs.
Here are 14 fast-food-related facts, to get to know your greasy family even better.
![There are more U.S. museums than there are Starbucks and McDonalds combined McDonald's HAMBURGERS SPECORE SERVICE STATEM We have Sold OVER 1 MILLION neDonald's There are around 11,000 Starbucks and 14,000 McDonald's locations in the U.S., compared to 000 museums. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/9/5/793895.jpg)
Source: Washington Post
![Dairy Queen can't legally call its product ice cream because it's only 5% buttercream. DAIRY QUEEN To be categorized as ice cream, it must have 10% butterfat, so they refer to it as soft serve instead. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/8/0/793880.jpg)
Source: Delish
![Burger King issued a recall of 25 million Pokemon balls. After two deaths, Burger King offered a small fry in exchange for anyone who would return the kid's toy. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/7/3/793873.jpg)
Source: CPSC
![Shaq owns 155 Five Guys Burgers and 17 Auntie Annie's Pretzels. GUYS FIVE SUE FIVE GUYS cino 1 That's more than 10% of the Five Guys in the United States. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/7/0/793870.jpg)
Source: NBC Sports
![White Castle is the oldest fast-food burger chain, originating in 1921 White astle WhiteCastle.com 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/8/6/7/793867.jpg)
Source: Consumerist
![Lynsi Snyder became the sole owner/heiress of In-N-Out on her 35th birthday. INDNEER BURGER She has been the target of at least two attempted kidnappings so she tries to stay out of public eye for her family's safety. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/6/6/793866.jpg)
Source: OrangeCoast Magazine
![The lady who claimed to find a finger in her Wendy's chili was sentenced to 9 years in prison Anna Aayala was released after four years on good behavior. She apologized to the food chain for the attempted scam. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/6/2/793862.jpg)
Source: NBC
![In-N-Out managers make $160,000 per year IN-N-OUT BURGER Of all large fast food chains, In-N-Out is believed to have the best wages and benefits. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/6/0/793860.jpg)
Source: USA Today
![Dave Thomas appeared in more than 800 commercials Wendy's founder became a household name through the longest-running campaign. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/5/8/793858.jpg)
Source: New York Times
![McDonald's is only in four African countries McDonald's M Liconald's If you find yourself in Africa craving a Big Mac, you'll have to go to Egypt, Morocco, South Africa, or Tunisia. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/4/5/793845.jpg)
Source: McDonald's
![Dave Thomas received his high school diploma when he was 60 years old The very successful Wendy's founder returned to school after dropping out 45 years prior and was voted Most Likely to Succeed in his 1993 graduating class. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/5/3/793853.jpg)
Source: Advertising Hall of Fame
![Colonel Sanders wore only white suits for the last 20 years of his life. The KFC spokesperson's trademark white suit sold for $21,510 at an auction in 2013. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/5/2/793852.jpg)
![Arby's bought Dunkin for $11.3 billion ROAST Roast Beef Sandwich IS DELICIOUS Arby's Several years prior, Arby's bought Buffalo Wild Wings for $2.9 billion. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/4/4/793844.jpg)
Source: AP News
![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](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/4/1/793841.jpg)
Source: NY Times