The River Nile. The River Nile is about 6,670 km (4,160 miles) in length and is the longest river in Africa and in the world. Although it is generally associated with Egypt, only 22% of the Nileâs course runs through Egypt. In Egypt, the River Nile creates a fertile green valley across the desert. It was by the banks of the river that one of the oldest civilizations in the world began. The ancient Egyptians lived and farmed along the Nile, using the soil to produce food for themselves and their animals.
Today, the company sells about 550 million Big Macs annually in the United States alone, and millions more in 100 countries around the world. Jim Delligatti, the McDonaldâs franchise owner who invented the Big Mac, died on Monday at his home in Fox Chapel, Pa. He was 98. The death was confirmed by his son Michael.
EXCLUSIVE: How McDonald's 'founder' cheated the brothers who REALLY started empire out of hundreds of millions, wrote them out of company history - and left one to die of heart failure and the other barely a millionaire. 1  Dick and Mac McDonald set up the very first McDonald's in San Bernardino, California, in 1940 and made it a success. Ray Kroc, a high-school dropout, was so impressed he went to see them and volunteered to franchise it for them.