French fries are the single most popular fast food in America

McDonald's is the second largest buyer of chicken and the largest buyer of beef, pork, and potatoes in the world

50 million Americans eat fast food every day

In colonial America, lobster was undesirable and was routinely fed to prisoners and slaves.  An old Maine law stated that prisoners "could not be fed lobster more than twice a week, for to do so was inhumane..."

A large movie theater popcorn has about 50 grams of saturated fat.   That's almost three days worth, or the amount in approximately five big macs

Carrots were purple before the 17th century.  Orange carrots began as a mutant strain of carrot created by Dutch growers in the 16th century