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28 Trivia Tidbits About Fast Food

Haven’t you put your poor stomach through enough? That poor thing still thinks it’s in a hunter-gatherer’s world. It’s expecting a handful of blueberries and a grouse, but you go and stuff a Big Cheez-It Crunchwrap Supreme and some Jalapeño Ranch Nacho Fries down there. 

So today, maybe just take a look at these facts, then go bag your ol’ tum-tum a grouse.

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KFC bath bombs KFC x VILLAGE VINGUARD - dock - GRACKED.COM In 2017, KFC Japan offered bath bombs that would make your skin smell just like the decadent fried flesh offered by your favorite poultry murder syndicate.

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Burger King's Halloween Burger While it (subjectively) looked cool 'n spooky, there's an equation the fast food industry simply must learn: Black food dye = Green poop + the public will not let you live it down CRACKED.COM

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BUFFALO WILD WINGS Buffalo Wild Wings and Weck bw-3 The Real Wing 1982 GRACKED.COM Buffalo Wild Wings and Weck, as it was originally called, had a lumpy buffalo on their logo that looked like it suffered from a terrible skin disease and was halfway into being processed for its meat. They appeared to have the motto The Real Wing, which is both grammatically and logically confusing.

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APPLEBEE'S T.J. Applebee's Applebee's RX FOR EDIBLES & ELIXIRS GRILL + BAR 1980 GRAGKED.COM The original name for Applebee's was T.J. Applebee's Rx For Edibles and Elixirs, which sounds like a Civil War era apothecary. But, no, this name remained until 1986 which means there is a non-0% chance that a family left a screening of The Karate Kid II and had a sit-down meal at T.J. Applebee's Rx For Edibles and goddamn Elixirs.

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McDonald's delivery trucks in the UK run on grease from McDonald's fryers. through traffic - follow the freshness, M 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

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Krispy Kreme (accidentally) supports the Klan COLOURING LUESDAY 18th February. 12:00pm - 5.00pm KKK WEDNESDAY CRACKED.COM In 2015, a Krispy Kreme location in the UK planned a week of fun family events, including a Wednesday dedicated to the unfortunately named Krispy Kreme Klub.

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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

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TGI Friday's mistletoe drone IN HERE, CRACKED.COM A demonstration of their mobile mistletoe drone went about as poorly as you'd expect. Were you expecting that it chipped off the tip of a photographer's nose? Great, then we're on the same page.

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The McDonaldland characters aren't original -- they're just 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

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DUNKIN' DONUTS Dimbit DUNKIN' Dunkin' Donuts 1954 GRACKED.COM Before a hairy, geriatric store owner enthusiastically announced that it was time to make the donuts, Dunkin' had a mascot called Dunkie. This horrific carbohydrate-gollum, wearing coffee cup pants and a paper hat, proudly served up his confectionary brethren with a wink and a smile.

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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

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A gigantic dartboard for space debris Free TACO Here! CRACKED.COM When a Russian space station was set to crash back to Earth in 2001, KFC went and made a gigantic target in the Pacific Ocean, and promised free tacos for the entire planet if any of the debris fell onto it. (None did).

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McDonald's McSpaghetti СС on ald's Spaghetti was introduced in the 1970s, when no one was begging the burger company to attempt Italian. However, it did take off in the Philippines where it's still available. CRACKED.COM

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McDonald's is only in four African countries ماكدونالدر McDonald's M McDonald'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

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Shaq owns 155 Five Guys Burgers and 17 Auntie Annie's Pretzels. FIVE GUYS 25 RE SHAME THE FIVE GUYS F BIT - GF CARD - NOT DIST That's more than 10% of the Five Guys in the United States. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

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Chick-fil-A buys more Sunkist lemons than anyone else They use over 250 million lemons per year. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

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KFC offers a popular Christmas meal package in Japan Kentucky Christmas It's so popular they recommend ordering two months in advance. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

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Dairy Queens in Texas have a different menu Dairy Queen Dairy Queen Some Texas-specific products include the Hungr-Buster and the Dude Chick'n Fried Steak Sandwich. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

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Domino's managers allegedly burned down a nearby Papa John's In 2011, two Domino's managers were arrested for arson after their competition burned down. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

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Harold and Kumar were originally written to go to Krispy Kreme Krispy Kreme didn't want to be associated with the movie, but White Castle took the risk. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

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McDonald's stopped making spoon-shaped coffee stirrers... X ...because people were using them as cocaine spoons. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

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Dunkin' Donuts was originally named Open Kettle. DUNKIN' DRIVETHRU DONUTS - The founder's architect came up with the name we know now, changed two years later. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

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In the '70s, the Filet-0-Fish briefly had a mascot. PhilA.O'Fish TM says: For a surprisingly good taste... M His name? Phil А. O'Fish, of course. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

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Houston Police used Whataburger order numbers to mark crime scenes. WHATABURGER WHATABURGER 67 33 They were told to stop in 2017 after an image went viral. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

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There's a Starbucks in the CIA Headquarters. For the safety of the officers, baristas don't use or write down customers' names. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

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Max Hamburgers was the first hamburger restaurant to ever out-compete McDonald's. MAX - RU SANKER 17 FRIENNS The Swedish burger joint has driven several McDonald's out of business in Sweden. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

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12 people have a VIP Burger King unlimited food card. BUR KING Crown Cardholders include George Lucas, Jennifer Hudson (who worked at Burger King before she was famous), Greg Garcia, Jay Leno, and Robert Downey Jr. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

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A man awoke from a 47-day coma. His first words? I want Taco Bell. UMU NATURAL Unfortunately, Jake Booth wasn't able to eat solid food for another three weeks. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

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