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61 unusual facts about McDonald's


449 Hamburga

In the 1990s, NASA considered a spacecraft mission to the asteroid, including a tie-in with McDonald's.

Aarhus Central Station

In March 2010, McDonald's opened a restaurant in the main hall of the station.

Albany, Indiana

Each summer Albany plays host to a series of "cruise-in" car show events at the McDonald's on the west side of the city.

Antanas Kavaliauskas

During his first year at school he gained 45 pounds eating McDonald's double cheeseburgers, bringing his weight to a more athletic 245 pounds.

Antón de Palategui

There is a McDonald's in Castilla la Nueva with the final lines of Palategui's "Canción de Prisión" on every register.

Bobby Kielty

He earned the nickname "Ronny Mac" due to his similarity to McDonald's mascot, Ronald McDonald.

Cambell Kenneford

Kenneford first begun modelling at the age of 14 after joining Rascals Modelling Agency, which led to jobs for Disney, McDonald's, Joe Bloggs and others.

Campamento de Verano 1

Burger King was the first to remove their adverting, followed by Mutua Madrileña and McDonald's.

Carlo Petrini

He first came to prominence in the 1980s for taking part in a campaign against the fast food chain McDonald's opening near the Spanish Steps in Rome.

Cheryl Marie Cordeiro

As a little girl, Cheryl Marie was already modelling for Singapore Metro, McDonald's and Nintendo.

Clicking Bad

The achievement "McLaunder's" is a reference to McDonald's, the ninth-largest franchise in the world at the time of the game's release.

Crash! Boom! Bang!

A shorter version of the album was made available a few months earlier, as a special deal at the McDonald's restaurant chain, called Favorites from Crash!

Cyriac Roeding

He later co-founded the mobile marketing firm 12snap in Munich, London and Milan, which worked with Coca-Cola, McDonald's, Nokia, L'Oreal and others and won the first Lion Awards for mobile creative concepts in Cannes.

Dammam

American chains such as Pizza Hut, McDonald's, Burger King, Domino's Pizza and KFC, among others are widely distributed in Dammam, as are more upscale chains like Chili's, Applebee's and TGI Friday's.

Daniel Carter Beard Bridge

As to the origin of this nickname, its yellow arches are said to be similar to the "Golden Arches" logo of McDonald's restaurant.

David Drysdale

In November 2012, he was fined £1,350 for assault in a McDonald's restaurant in Edinburgh where he also shouted and swore at customers.

DerMarr Johnson

Johnson was a consensus McDonald's, Parade Magazine and USA Today high school All-American as well as Parade's National High School Player of the Year as a senior in 1999.

Dim sum bond

The first foreign-issued dim sum bond by a nonfinancial company was announced in August 19, 2010 and issued in September 16, 2010 by McDonald's.

El Paso, Arkansas

Many commuters typically pass through the small community, prompting the construction of, among other things, motorcycle sales (M&M Stop-N-Shop), a bank and a McDonald's restaurant since the late 1990s.

Faculty of International Relations, Belarusian State University

On the 1st floor of the building is a restaurant "McDonald's".

Gabe McDonough

He has worked on memorable advertisements for clients AB-InBev, McDonald's and State Farm.

Gdańsk Główny railway station

Nowadays there is a small shopping centre on the patio, and a McDonald's and KFC inside the terminal.

Greg Mathis

Once out of jail, Mathis began working at McDonald's, a job he had to keep in order to maintain his release on probation.

Guo Jingjing

After the 2004 Summer Olympics, Guo became a Chinese national sports figure in the public eye, with a contract with McDonald's, as well as multiple other endorsement contracts.

Harry Boykoff

Later in life Boykoff appeared in films and television shows such as Star Trek, Frasier, Town & Country, The Crew, on McDonald's cups and commercials, and a few others.

Hong Kong Christian Industrial Committee

Its special focus in 2001 was on the working conditions of toy workers for Hasbro, Mattel, McDonald's and Disney in Southern China.

Hong Kong Economic Journal

For instance, it mentions some new services from the DHL Express as well as the musical contest launched by McDonald's.

Hopkin Green Frog

Terry was an autistic 16-year-old who had received the toy frog with a McDonald's "Animal Alley" Happy Meal.

How I Became Stupid

As he tries to integrate himself into what he considers the uncaring and superficial crowd of society, he forces himself to obsess over his appearance by exercising at the gym, although he also eats at McDonald's and tempts himself with other capitalist merchandise made by unethical means, which loses him his four closest friends as he changes his entire lifestyle.

Huis ter Heide, Utrecht

The first McDonald's Drive-in restaurant in the Netherlands is located in Huis ter Heide.

Hyper V-Ball

This game was featured in the "sports game section" of the October 1993 issue of Nintendo Power magazine where the producer of the game McO'River was humorously confused for a new trout burger at McDonald's.

Jason Keller

In 2005, again without sponsorship, Keller left ppc Racing, and headed towards Team Rensi Motorsports's second operation sponsored by McDonald's.

Jefferson Center Dunmore

The highest level program finds jobs for the students at places including Allied, McDonald's, Burger King, Wendy's, Sam's Club, and Krispy Kreme Doughnuts.

Jimmy Spencer

In 1994, he drove the #27 McDonald's Ford for Junior Johnson and won his first two and so far only career Cup races, at Daytona and Talladega.

Julien Canal

Canal's father runs a franchise of seven McDonald's restaurants in Le Mans, including one situated on the famous Mulsanne Straight on the Circuit de la Sarthe.

Justified World Tour

In September 2003, McDonald's announced Timberlake as a new spokesmen for their "I'm Lovin' It" campaign.

Kenny Tran

He first began playing poker in 1992 at a bowling alley while working at McDonald's.

Let the Love Begin

Epson and McDonald's, major sponsors of the film, are promoted in several scenes.

Low information voter

Examples include voters liking Bill Clinton for eating at McDonald's, and perceiving John Kerry and Barack Obama as elitist for wind-surfing and golfing respectively.

Luke Lawrence

Lawrence rode for C&L Racing at two events before signing to ride with Team MAS under the support of McDonald's Corporation and the 'Not bad for a McJob' campaign.

M.C. Kids

The game is loosely based on the McDonald's fast food franchise and features two kids that venture into the McDonald's fantasy world "McDonaldland" in order to return Ronald McDonald's magical bag, which has been stolen by the Hamburglar.

Manuel Rocha

He was Director of Government Relations for the company that owns and manages most of the McDonald's restaurants in Latin America.

Mariela Dabbah

From 2006 to 2009, she was the national spokesperson for McDonald's Education Program for Latinos and developed a parent outreach training program.

McDonald's Treasure Land Adventure

Based on the McDonald's fast food franchise and four of its corporate mascots from McDonaldland (Ronald McDonald, Hamburglar, Grimace, and Birdie the Early Bird), the game follows the adventures of Ronald McDonald in an attempt to find four pieces of a treasure map, and ultimately, the treasure to which it leads.

MG Cars

As of 2003, the site of the former Abingdon factory was host to McDonald's and the Thames Valley Police with only the former office block still standing.

Modena railway station

Also included in the renovation project was the construction of new commercial premises, such as a Chef Express bar and a McDonald's.

Noynoying

Aquino convened the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council five days after Pedring hit the country and a full week before overseeing distribution of food and water to the survivors, which was after he attended the 30th anniversary celebrations of McDonald's in the Philippines.

Os Mutantes

In June 2008, "A Minha Menina" was the featured audio track for the McDonald's commercial "Victory."

Our Ukraine–People's Self-Defense Bloc

During the election campaign some Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc members suspected Our Ukraine to be responsible for leaflets aimed against Yulia Tymoshenko, like fake invitations to celebrate her birthday at McDonald's.

Scott Parker

As a 13-year old, he appeared in a well-known British advert for McDonald's, in which he played keepie uppie, during the 1994 FIFA World Cup campaign.

Shawn Cronin

Upon scoring his first goal (against the Quebec Nordiques in November 1990), McDonald's commemorated the feat by donating $44,000 to the Winnipeg Jets Goals for Kids Charity.

Tallow

Before switching to pure vegetable oil in 1990, the McDonald's corporation cooked its French fries in a mixture of 93% beef tallow and 7% cottonseed oil.

The Garth Brooks Collection

This album was only available at McDonald's restaurants for a limited time to raise money for the Ronald McDonald Children's Charities.

Thinford

It consists of only a few houses, but contains a pub and restaurant serving a wider area, as well as a McDonald's restaurant and BP filling station serving traffic on the A167.

Thomas Smolej

ZOOM – Children's exhibition, Österreichischer Rundfunk, Servus TV, McDonald's, Nissan, Sony, ÖAMTC, Dulcolax, Alpla, 3, T-Mobile, IKEA, Kurier (Tageszeitung), Schwarzkopf (Haarkosmetik), Schartner Bombe, NÖ-Card, Vereinigte Bühnen Wien.

Trackball

Two examples are the Internet browsing consoles provided in some UK McDonald's outlets, and the BT Broadband Internet public phone boxes.

WDVV

Anderson, an owner of several McDonald's franchises, started Praise Broadcasting Network Inc., with Escalante as vice-president.

Whirld Tour 2010: Live in London

Like their previous live albums, this set features 6 songs, however because of the amount of material the band had thus far, no cover songs are featured (although bits of covers are scattered throughout the show, including Deep Purple's Highway Star, Santana's Soul Sacrifice, and even the McDonald's theme).

Wizzzer

The most recent appearance was in the McDonald's Happy Meal Chicken Little toy, available October 28 - November 22, 2005.

Yourself!Fitness

In a 2006 fitness promotional campaign with the popular fast-food chain McDonald's, purchasers of an "Active Meal" (consisting of a salad and bottled water) could receive one of four Yourself!Fitness DVDs, playable in a standard DVD player, which contains a rigid workout regimen also led by Maya.

Zero-hour contract

90% of McDonald's workforce in the UK - 82,000 staff members - are employed on a zero-hour contract.


Adam McDonald

McDonald's area of expertise is 20th century and industrial antiques, and his work has been reviewed on the ABC television program Auction Room.

Albrecht Unsöld

His analysis of the B0 star Tau Scorpii, obtained on his 1939 visit to Yerkes and McDonald Observatories, provided the first detailed analysis of a star other than the Sun, and he was able to determine the physics and composition of the star’s atmosphere.

Anna Angelina Wolfers

Her face became famous through ads and commercials for companies like Vodafone (2004) Pizza Hut (2008), REWE (since 2009) and McDonald's (2011).

Center for Individual Rights

Its founders, Michael McDonald and Michael Greve had previously worked together at the conservative Washington Legal Foundation.

Clarence McDonald

McDonald received an Honorable Discharge and was awarded a National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, and Vietnam Campaign Medal.

Clint Tracy

These included Jeff Glenn, an executive with Delta Companies and former aide to former U.S. Senator Jim Talent (R-Mo.); and Wayne Wallingford, a retired Air Force officer and head of human resources for McDonald's of Southeast Missouri.

Defence Housing Authority, Lahore

DHA, like the rest of Lahore, is overflowing with food lovers and has a lot of variety of foods on offer, from fast food chains such as McDonald's, Hardees, Kentucky Fried Chicken and Pizza Hut to upper-scale restaurants specialising in Pakistani and Western cuisine.

Edward F. McDonald

McDonald was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-second Congress and served from March 4, 1891, until his death in Harrison on November 5, 1892 just a few days before the Congressional election.

Elizabeth McDonald

Elizabeth McDonald (born 1985, Plano, Texas, United States) is an American painter.

Forrest McDonald

McDonald and the late Grady McWhiney presented the "Celtic hypothesis" stating that the distinctiveness of Southern culture derives largely from the majority of the Southern population being descendants of Celtic herdsmen while the majority of the Northern population was the descendants of farmers.

In his book We The People: The Economic Origins of the Constitution, McDonald argued that Charles A. Beard (in his book An Economic Interpretation of the Constitution of the United States) had misinterpreted the economic interests involved in writing the Constitution.

Gail McDonald

McDonald and her husband moved to North Carolina in 2004, and she took a position with the state Ports Authority.

Giles, Giles and Fripp

In 1971, Michael Giles and Ian McDonald released an album together as McDonald and Giles.

Harlan J. Smith Telescope

The telescope was completed in 1968 with substantial NASA assistance, and is named after Harlan James Smith, the first Texas director of McDonald Observatory.

Hastings, Nebraska

The museum currently houses the Lied Super Screen Theatre, McDonald Planetarium, and local and regional exhibits including the largest diorama of whooping and Sandhill cranes in the world.

Hmong language

In 2012 McDonald's introduced its first Hmong language advertising in the United States at a restaurant in Minneapolis.

Joël Bouchard

He worked for a number of years as a TV hockey analyst for Québec's Le Réseau des sports (RDS), also producing and hosting his own show called "L'Académie de hockey McDonald".

John R. Montgomery

Montgomery worked at Burnett for 33 years, where he served as Executive Vice President, Executive Creative Director and handled accounts including McDonald’s (domestic and global), Minute Maid (Coca-Cola), Nintendo, Kellogg, Procter & Gamble, Allstate, 7-Up, Keebler, Green Giant, Miller Beers, United Airlines, Kraft Foods, Nestle and Samsonite.

Justin McDonald

McDonald's first major film saw him appearing alongside Renée Zellweger and Ewan McGregor in the Beatrix Potter biopic Miss Potter as the young William Heelis, who encouraged the young Beatrix Potter to write and illustrate her stories.

Kim Peyton

Peyton-McDonald was honored in 1975 with the Bill Hayward Johnny Carpenter Prep athlete of the year award as the Outstanding Amateur Athlete in Oregon.

Lamorne Morris

Morris can be seen in commercials including ones for State Farm Insurance, Taco Bell, Twix, Miller Lite, Las Vegas, 7 Up, Edge, Sears, Microsoft Windows, Chili's, McDonald's, Ford and Hornitos Tequila.

Laura Alemán

Made commercial for Burger King, Ana G. Mendez, Radio Shack, McDonald, Medalla Light, Transit Authority, Pan Pepin and the most recent T-Mobile Flash puppy with director Carlitos Ruiz Ruiz known for his film EVIL LOVES decisions and the campaign of the People's Bank directed by Marcos Zurinaga.

MaDonal

Sociologist George Ritzer sees MaDonal as part of a trend of other countries developing their own regional variations of McDonald’s.

Marble Mountain Wilderness

These include crested cinquefoil or crested potentilla (Potentilla cristae), Siskiyou fireweed (Epilobium siskiyouense), and McDonald's rock cress (Arabis blepharophylla var. macdonaldiana), a perennial found in conifer forests of California and Oregon.

McAfrika

Norwegian Church Aid and the Norwegian Red Cross, which were both conducting humanitarian operations in southern Africa at the time, said that McDonald's decision was insensitive, crass and ill-considered.

McDonald's Young Entertainers

The show featured some New Zealand teenagers who are now famous, including television personality Drew Neemia, cricketer Ronald Karaitiana, singer Hayley Westenra, actress Michelle Ang and concert pianist John Chen.

Misa Eguchi

In 2014, she won her first $50,000 ITF event title at the McDonald's Burnie International, defeating Elizaveta Kulichkova in the final.

New Zealand Idol

The show was once again hosted by Dominic Bowden, with Jackie Clarke replacing Fiona McDonald, who was pregnant with her first child, as one of the three judges.

Ole-Kristian Hope

Back from the United States in 1991 he started working in industry as financial Analyst for Norsk Hydro, and was auditor Coopers & Lybrand and CFO at McDonald’s Norway.

Oonagh McDonald

McDonald is currently a director of the British Portfolio Trust, Complaints Commissioner for the London Metal Exchange, ICE Futures and Virt-x and a member of International Monetary Fund's Expert Roster.

Phil McDonald

Philip McDonald is an English recording studio audio engineer, best known as the engineer for EMI and later for Apple Records during the Beatles' studio years, along with Geoff Emerick and others.

Race Rebels: Culture, Politics, and the Black Working Class

Kelley illustrates these facets by referencing the lyrics of Ice Cube, who in "A Bird in the Hand"—a track on 1991's Death Certificate—tells the story of a young man forced to sell crack to survive when the only job he can obtain after graduation is an underpaying one at McDonald's.

Ronald MacDonald

Ronald McDonald, advertising clown for McDonald's fast-food restaurants

Treat Me Good

"Treat Me Good" is a song written by Tania Doko, Joanne McDonald and James Roche for Bachelor Girl's first album Waiting for the Day (1998).

Trevor Dwyer-Lynch

Born and raised in Moss Side and Salford, trained in Drama and Performing Arts at City College Manchester in 1990, Dwyer-Lynch has appeared in numerous television and theatre productions, merging both serious roles—such as "Gloucester" in Shakespeare's King Lear—to his best known comedic nice guy role in Coronation Street as Patrick Tussell the taxi-driver working for Steve McDonald (2002–2005).

Warren McDonald

McDonald ran unsuccessfully for the Country Party in the 1946 federal election, a fact which did not prevent the Chifley government appointing him to advise the prices commissioner in 1947.

Waverly Films

Their members' portfolios include films commissioned for MTV, VH1, Channel 102, McDonald's, Heinz Ketchup and bands such as The Rapture, Fatboy Slim, LCD Soundsystem, Death Cab For Cutie, and TV on the Radio.