20 Interesting McFacts about your favorite food franchise

SKYBRITE Published 03/01/2015

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McDonald`s and NASA planned a joint advertised space mission to the asteroid 449 Hamburga; however, it ended up being cancelled. It could have been a huge piece of unhealthy fast food advertising
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Each year, McDonald’s buys 3.4 billion pounds of potatoes. The company is said to be the biggest consumer of the vegetable!
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According to company estimates, one in every eight American workers has been employed by McDonald’s. People never stop get hungry and never stop wishing eat fast
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Back in 1968 McDonald airlifted hamburgers to homesick U.S. Olympic Athletes in France
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he farthest away you can be from a McDonalds in the U.S is 107 miles. Such point is located in the state of South Dakota where you may be 107 miles away from the location called McGriddle.
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In Japan, Ronald McDonald is known as Donald McDonald to make pronunciation easier for the Japanese
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McDonald’s Caesar salad is more fattening than its hamburger
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McDonald’s calls people who eat a lot of their food heavy users. Probably they mean it literally
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McDonald’s has 761,000 employees worldwide, that’s more than the population of Luxembourg. The number of those who wish to work for McDonalds is dozens of times higher
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McDonald’s has sold well over 100 billion hamburgers.
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McDonald’s opens a new restaurant every four hours.
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McDonalds turns away a higher percentage of applicants than Harvard. Harvard accepts about 7% of applicants while McDonalds accepts only 6,2%.
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McDonalds use to sell Pizza in 1989. The reason why the excluded Pizza from their menu is its cooking time which is average 11 minutes, McDonalds wanted to keep its reputation for fast service.
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Only seven items on the McDonald’s menu contain no sugar
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The $8.7 billion in revenue from franchise stores alone, makes McDonald’s richer than Mongolia.
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The average wait time at McDonalds is 90 seconds. Still it may vary depending on a location and time of day.
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The most northerly McDonald’s restaurant is on the Arctic Circle in Rovaniemi, Finland. Those burgers are rumored to taste really bad though.
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The smallest McDonald’s restaurant is only 492 square feet. It is in Tokyo, Japan.
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The largest one is situated in Beijing, China (28,000 square feet)
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There are 3x the number of Chinese restaurants in the US compared to McDonalds. America loves it's Chinese food...

1.
McDonald`s and NASA planned a joint advertised space mission to the asteroid 449 Hamburga; however, it ended up being cancelled. It could have been a huge piece of unhealthy fast food advertising
2.
Each year, McDonald’s buys 3.4 billion pounds of potatoes. The company is said to be the biggest consumer of the vegetable!
3.
According to company estimates, one in every eight American workers has been employed by McDonald’s. People never stop get hungry and never stop wishing eat fast
4.
Back in 1968 McDonald airlifted hamburgers to homesick U.S. Olympic Athletes in France
5.
he farthest away you can be from a McDonalds in the U.S is 107 miles. Such point is located in the state of South Dakota where you may be 107 miles away from the location called McGriddle.
6.
In Japan, Ronald McDonald is known as Donald McDonald to make pronunciation easier for the Japanese
7.
McDonald’s Caesar salad is more fattening than its hamburger
8.
McDonald’s calls people who eat a lot of their food heavy users. Probably they mean it literally
9.
McDonald’s has 761,000 employees worldwide, that’s more than the population of Luxembourg. The number of those who wish to work for McDonalds is dozens of times higher
10.
McDonald’s has sold well over 100 billion hamburgers.
11.
McDonald’s opens a new restaurant every four hours.
12.
McDonalds turns away a higher percentage of applicants than Harvard. Harvard accepts about 7% of applicants while McDonalds accepts only 6,2%.
13.
McDonalds use to sell Pizza in 1989. The reason why the excluded Pizza from their menu is its cooking time which is average 11 minutes, McDonalds wanted to keep its reputation for fast service.
14.
Only seven items on the McDonald’s menu contain no sugar
15.
The $8.7 billion in revenue from franchise stores alone, makes McDonald’s richer than Mongolia.
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The average wait time at McDonalds is 90 seconds. Still it may vary depending on a location and time of day.
17.
The most northerly McDonald’s restaurant is on the Arctic Circle in Rovaniemi, Finland. Those burgers are rumored to taste really bad though.
18.
The smallest McDonald’s restaurant is only 492 square feet. It is in Tokyo, Japan.
19.
The largest one is situated in Beijing, China (28,000 square feet)
20.
There are 3x the number of Chinese restaurants in the US compared to McDonalds. America loves it's Chinese food...

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1. McDonald`s and NASA planned a joint advertised space mission to the asteroid 449 Hamburga; however, it ended up being cancelled. It could have been a huge piece of unhealthy fast food advertising

2. Each year, McDonald’s buys 3.4 billion pounds of potatoes. The company is said to be the biggest consumer of the vegetable!

3. According to company estimates, one in every eight American workers has been employed by McDonald’s. People never stop get hungry and never stop wishing eat fast

4. Back in 1968 McDonald airlifted hamburgers to homesick U.S. Olympic Athletes in France

5. he farthest away you can be from a McDonalds in the U.S is 107 miles. Such point is located in the state of South Dakota where you may be 107 miles away from the location called McGriddle.

6. In Japan, Ronald McDonald is known as Donald McDonald to make pronunciation easier for the Japanese

7. McDonald’s Caesar salad is more fattening than its hamburger

8. McDonald’s calls people who eat a lot of their food heavy users. Probably they mean it literally

9. McDonald’s has 761,000 employees worldwide, that’s more than the population of Luxembourg. The number of those who wish to work for McDonalds is dozens of times higher

10. McDonald’s has sold well over 100 billion hamburgers.

11. McDonald’s opens a new restaurant every four hours.

12. McDonalds turns away a higher percentage of applicants than Harvard. Harvard accepts about 7% of applicants while McDonalds accepts only 6,2%.

13. McDonalds use to sell Pizza in 1989. The reason why the excluded Pizza from their menu is its cooking time which is average 11 minutes, McDonalds wanted to keep its reputation for fast service.

14. Only seven items on the McDonald’s menu contain no sugar

15. The $8.7 billion in revenue from franchise stores alone, makes McDonald’s richer than Mongolia.

16. The average wait time at McDonalds is 90 seconds. Still it may vary depending on a location and time of day.

17. The most northerly McDonald’s restaurant is on the Arctic Circle in Rovaniemi, Finland. Those burgers are rumored to taste really bad though.

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

19. The largest one is situated in Beijing, China (28,000 square feet)

20. There are 3x the number of Chinese restaurants in the US compared to McDonalds. America loves it's Chinese food...

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McDonald`s and NASA planned a joint advertised space mission to the asteroid 449 Hamburga; however, it ended up being cancelled. It could have been a huge piece of unhealthy fast food advertising

2.
Each year, McDonald’s buys 3.4 billion pounds of potatoes. The company is said to be the biggest consumer of the vegetable!

3.
According to company estimates, one in every eight American workers has been employed by McDonald’s. People never stop get hungry and never stop wishing eat fast

4.
Back in 1968 McDonald airlifted hamburgers to homesick U.S. Olympic Athletes in France

5.
he farthest away you can be from a McDonalds in the U.S is 107 miles. Such point is located in the state of South Dakota where you may be 107 miles away from the location called McGriddle.

6.
In Japan, Ronald McDonald is known as Donald McDonald to make pronunciation easier for the Japanese

7.
McDonald’s Caesar salad is more fattening than its hamburger

8.
McDonald’s calls people who eat a lot of their food heavy users. Probably they mean it literally

9.
McDonald’s has 761,000 employees worldwide, that’s more than the population of Luxembourg. The number of those who wish to work for McDonalds is dozens of times higher

10.
McDonald’s has sold well over 100 billion hamburgers.

11.
McDonald’s opens a new restaurant every four hours.

12.
McDonalds turns away a higher percentage of applicants than Harvard. Harvard accepts about 7% of applicants while McDonalds accepts only 6,2%.

13.
McDonalds use to sell Pizza in 1989. The reason why the excluded Pizza from their menu is its cooking time which is average 11 minutes, McDonalds wanted to keep its reputation for fast service.

14.
Only seven items on the McDonald’s menu contain no sugar

15.
The $8.7 billion in revenue from franchise stores alone, makes McDonald’s richer than Mongolia.

16.
The average wait time at McDonalds is 90 seconds. Still it may vary depending on a location and time of day.

17.
The most northerly McDonald’s restaurant is on the Arctic Circle in Rovaniemi, Finland. Those burgers are rumored to taste really bad though.

18.
The smallest McDonald’s restaurant is only 492 square feet. It is in Tokyo, Japan.

19.
The largest one is situated in Beijing, China (28,000 square feet)

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There are 3x the number of Chinese restaurants in the US compared to McDonalds. America loves it's Chinese food...