If You Love Fast Food, You Should Probably Know These Random Facts About It.

What’s not to love about fast food? It’s fast, it’s food, it’s tremendously bad for you. Okay, well, maybe that part isn’t so great, but at least it tastes amazing (especially when you don’t feel like cooking). Sometimes, you even get a tiny, plastic toy with your meal.

You may say that you love fast food, but you probably know very little about it. Just check out some of these interesting facts from the industry.

1.) White Castle was the first fast food hamburger restaurant.

2.) McDonald’s is the world’s largest distributor of toys.

3.) Burger King is called Hungry Jack’s in Australia.

4.) Some of the avocados used in Chipotle’s guacamole were grown by singer Jason Mraz.


5.) Subway built a mobile store that could accommodate the people working on the World Trade Center construction site–no matter what floor they were on.

6.) Colonel Sanders was disgusted by KFC’s food after he left the company.

7.) McDonald’s daily customer traffic is larger than the entire population of Great Britain.

8.) NBA legend Shaquille O’Neal owns about 10% of the Five Guys in North America.

9.) Pizza Hut made a delivery to the International Space Station. It cost over one million dollars.

10.) Waffle House claims to sell more steak than any other restaurant.

11.) The “B.M.T.” in Subway’s Italian B.M.T. stands for Brooklyn Manhattan Transit, the name of an old transit corporation.

12.) IHOP adds pancake batter to their omelets.

13.) Wendy’s founder Dave Thomas didn’t receive his GED until he was 61 years old.

14.) Panera Bread lost a lawsuit against Qdoba after insisting that burritos were sandwiches.

15.) McDonald’s sells 75 burgers every second.

My mind was blown, my wallet is open and now I need to go get a large cheeseburger somewhere… it’s just that kind of night. 

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17 Questions Everyone Has During Shamrock Shake Season

                                            <b>SHAKE IT.</b>                                                            



A seasonal minty ice cream shake with a touch of vanilla and just a wee little sprinkle of leprechaun tears. Happy tears, obviously. McDonald’s offers it in the weeks leading up to St. Patrick’s Day.

2. What does it have to do with St. Patrick’s day?


It’s GREEN. Like… St. Patrick was?

3. How do they get it that color?!

It’s a St. Patrick’s Day secret.*

*(Food coloring.)

4. Isn’t it too cold to drink a milkshake this time of year?


5. How minty is it, really?

Artist Kitten-Kin of “Kitten-Kin’s Sandbox” / Via kitten-kin.tumblr.com

It’s like if a mint plant gently kissed a scoop of vanilla ice cream and then both danced together on a cloud.

6. Wait, so it isn’t lime-flavored?


No, but it used to be!

7. Are you SURE? I’m tasting lime here.

TBH, people keep arguing about this and probably always will. It tastes like GREEN. Let’s just all agree on that.

8. Is mint lonely without chocolate?

Yes, very. Maybe try a Choc-rock Shake.

9. Is it OK to be totally weirded out by this color, though? I mean, it’s like. EXTREMELY GREEN.

It’s OK. It’s a pretty intense shade of green.

10. Will the Shamrock Shake clash with my outfit?

Maybe. This is why you must take care to accessorize accordingly. This milkshake isn’t for AMATEURS.

11. What if I added booze to it?

You’d be a hero. A drunken, dancing hero.

12. Can I make my own at home?

Sure. Here’s a recipe. There are a bunch!

13. Can I dip my fries into it?

You do you, boo.

14. Can I perhaps dip one or several cookies into it?

Yes. This is, in fact, a next-level genius move.

15. How do I know where to find it?


The same way everyone knows everything else: The Internet. Here’s a handy online shake tracker.

16. Why does this make me so happy?


17. What if I want Shamrock Shake to be my love forever?

Whoa there. Shamrock Shake can’t be tied down to one person. Shamrock Shake loves you, but it has to be free.

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