TRIVIA TODAY - Wednesday, July 25, 2012
Greetings Infomaniacs,Today's facts are all about McDonald's restaurants. There's one right down the street from my house, and I swear no matter what time of day it is there is always a line in the drive-thru. I don't really enjoy their food, but I do occasionally enjoy their ice cream or a milkshake as a little treat. On those occasions, I always walk up there instead of driving so that I don't feel so guilty about indulging. Walking those four blocks is enough to burn off a whole milkshake, right?
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Email MelissaTODAY'S MYSTERY QUOTEQUOTE: "The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds; and the pessimist fears this is true."
HINT: (1879-1958), American author of fantasy fiction and belles lettres.
RANDOM TIDBITSBefore McDonald's made him a multimillionaire, Ray Kroc failed selling real estate in Florida in his 20s. Fifty years later, his wealth allowed him to purchase a huge mansion in the state. He topped it off by having electricians install a special doorbell chime that played the jingle "You Deserve a Break Today."
The Filet-o-Fish was created in 1962 by McDonald's franchiser Lou Groen, who was frustrated with losing Catholic customers to rival Big Boy, whose fish sandwiches sold very well on those days when no meat was eaten.
McDonald's Corporation founder Ray Kroc didn't think the Filet-o-Fish would be a success, so he came up with his own meatless sandwich called the Hula Burger, which was just a slice of pineapple on a bun. The two sandwiches went head-to-head at a Chicago McDonald's on Good Friday, and the Filet became a regular menu item after winning in a landslide.
In the 2004 motion picture Super Size Me, a succession of women interviewed for the documentary failed to properly recite the Pledge of Allegiance, but all could remember the Big Mac ingredient jingle, which was "Two all beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles, onions on a sesame-seed bun."
Time magazine revealed that McDonald's restaurants stopped updating their "more than XX billions served" signs after they topped the 100 billion mark on April 14, 1994. Many of those signs have since been replaced with static ones reading "billions and billions served."
Dan Coudreaut became head chef at McDonald's in 2004. He's the man responsible for whittling down several hundred suggestions and ideas into a handful of potential new menu items that are introduced in the chain's restaurants around the world.
VIDEO CLIPFast Food FreestyleWhen you make up a rap to place an order at the McDonald's drive-thru it may just be a sign you have way too much time on your hands.
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TODAY'S MYSTERY QUOTEQUOTE: "The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds; and the pessimist fears this is true."
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