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- The first McDonald's was a humble burger stand in San Bernardino,
- California. Ray Kroc bought it, and the empire he went on to build
- now serves 28 million people a year in 14,000 restaurants across 70
- countries, and has an annual turnover worth $25 billion
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- A McDonald's burger tastes the same in Prague as in Pasadena, but
- there are some regional differences. In Japan you can buy a teriyaki
- burger, in Norway a McLak (salmon burger), and in Malaysia a
- milkshake flavoured with durian - a fruit similar to a sweet onion
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- 96 per cent of US schoolchildren recognise Ronald McDonald, far
- outnumbering those who can place the American president. Only
- Santa Claus is more widely recognised
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- The opening of a McDonald's in Moscow in 1990 was seen as a symbol
- of the triumph of the west over communism. The restaurant on
- Pushkin Square is the busiest in the world, serving between 40,000
- and 50,000 customers daily
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- China got taste of democracy in a sesame-seed bun when in 1991 the
- Golden Arches came to Beijing. The restaurant near Tiananmen
- Square is the largest in the world in terms of floor space
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