Facts about McDonald's restaurants

• The history of the fast food chain began in 1940, with a restaurant opened by brothers Maurice and Richard McDonald in San Bernardino, California.
• McDonald's' daily customer traffic (more than 58 million) is greater than the population of Great Britain.
• "Speedee" was the mascot of McDonald's restaurants before his replacement by Ronald McDonald.
• The first Ronald McDonald was fired for being too fat.
• McDonald's sells more than 75 hamburgers every second.
• Forty percent of all of U.S. family meals are eaten outside the home.
• McDonald's' $24 billion in revenue makes it the 90st-largest economy in the world.
• McDonald's Corporation is the world's largest chain of hamburger fast food restaurants
• Its restaurants sells more toys than Toys R Us each year.
• McDonalds Corporation has restaurants in 119 countries.
• McDonald's employs more than 1.5 million people in these countries.
• The fast food chain primarily sells hamburgers, cheeseburgers, chicken products, french fries, breakfast items, soft drinks, shakes, and desserts.
• The famous double arched "M" symbol in use in all of its restaurants today did not appear until November 18, 1968.
• McDonald's operates over 31,000 restaurants in the world.