It's May of 2011, |
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and Don, a retired American prison guard, |
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reveals why he's probably
McDonald's biggest fan. |
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When I was 19 years old,
I had eaten my first 1,000 Big Macs. |
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I thought, like, "Man," |
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you know, "How long before I hit 10,000?" |
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Thirty-nine years to the day
after eating his first Big Mac, |
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he's just eaten his 25,000th, |
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almost 14 million calories. |
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Well, I plan on eating Big Macs
until I die. |
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Don might be an extreme example, |
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but he's far from alone
in his love for fast food. |
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There are almost a quarter of a million
fast food restaurants in the US alone. |
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Globally, fast food generates revenues |
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of over $570 billion each year. |
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That's more than the entire economy
of Sweden in 2018... |
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and almost four times the amount
NASA spent getting to the moon. |
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According to one survey,
96% of American children |
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know who Ronald McDonald is. |
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The only character more recognizable |
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is Santa Claus. |
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