I grew up about 5 miles from the very first McDonald’s franchise store in Des Plaines, IL. That store opened in 1955, a year after I was born. Alas, I never visited that historic establishment because my mother insisted she could make better hamburgers than McDonald’s and why would anyone who loved food brag […]
Travelers to the Turks and Caicos Islands are finding that very small things in their luggage can result in very long prison sentences. Tyler Wenrich, 30, of Virginia, was arrested April 20 after authorities said they found two bullets in his backpack as he was getting ready to leave, according to CBS. All guns and […]
A rare item sold at an auction has revealed that Superman — and potentially comic book history — could have turned out drastically different. And that’s not some multiversal nonsense. Heritage Auctions sold a number of legendary Superman memorabilia on Thursday, and they included some genuine whoppers. The crown jewel of the auction is the […]
This is totally bananas. After over two decades of maintaining the 19-cents-apiece price for bananas, store chain Trader Joe’s has had to raise the price by 20 percent. “We only change our prices when our costs change, and after holding our price for bananas at 19¢ each for more than two decades, we’ve now reached […]
A man in California was arrested after being found with a gruesome piece of evidence he reportedly took from the scene of a deadly train collision. The Kern County Sheriff’s Office was called to the Amtrak Station in the 700 block of G Street in Wasco, California, at around 8 a.m. Friday, after a pedestrian […]
Christ is truly in everything, even at the McDonald’s counter. While many may be able to immediately see the connection between the Golden Arches’ Filet-O-Fish and Catholics, just how fundamental they are to the fried sandwich’s success can be surprising. The history of the popular item dates back to 1962, when franchisee Lou Groen wanted […]
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