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Wednesday, October 22, 2014

McDonald's was founded in California in 1940 by the McDonald brothers as a BBQ restaurant.

The original McDonald's had a hickory pit and served barbecued beef, ham, and pork along with chili, tamales, and peanut butter and jelly sandwiches.

They rebranded the concept in 1948, focusing on burgers, shakes, potato chips, and pie, and later sold the franchise to Ray Kroc.

Kroc opened his first McDonald's in Des Plaines, Illinois on April 15, 1955.

Today there are over 35,000 McDonald's restaurants in 119 countries.



Today's Random Fact:

The smallest McDonald's restaurant is only 492 square feet. It is in Tokyo, Japan.

The largest McDonald's restaurant is over 28,000 square feet and is located in Beijing.

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Bonus Fact:

McDonald's sells unique menus items in every country. For example: banana pie, chicken porridge, the McLobster roll, and the McRice Burger. In Germany, McDonald's even sells beer.

The eggs at McDonald's are really a mixture that includes eggs and an 'egg blend,' which includes a solvent found in soap and shaving cream. It also includes dimethylpolysiloxane, a silicone that can also be found in Silly Putty, and calcium silicate, a sealant used on roofs and concrete.

The McRib is a product of 'restructured meat product' - or a mixture of tripe, heart, and scalded stomach - which is then mixed with salt and water to extract proteins from the muscle. The proteins bind all the pork trimmings together so that it can be reshaped into a fake slab of ribs.