Many of us eat fast food on a regular basis for reasons of sheer convenience. Sometimes we simply don’t have the time for much else, we’re already out, and it’s easy. Considering we deal with these food companies every day, and the ubiquity of information on the internet, we tend to think we already know most everything about them. However, there are still many facts out there about your favorite fast food joints that will surprise, amuse, and possibly even horrify you.

10. Wendy’s Chili Is Made With Old Meat

Wendy’s Chili is one of its most popular and iconic items. It’s something you certainly won’t find in most fast food joints, but Wendy’s serves an incredible amount of the stuff. However, while it is very popular, many of its fans may be turned off if they knew all about the process involved in making it. Since Wendy’s makes the claim that their hamburgers are “fresh, never frozen”, most people would probably assume that this is also the case for their chili. Unfortunately, those people would be wrong. The meat used in the chili is not fresh at all. It’s actually a cost saving idea that Dave Thomas came up with in order to constantly serve fresh burgers — especially during busy times — and not lose money on wasted product. His solution was that during busy periods, the grill cooks would be frying a certain amount of hamburgers based on projected sales. Any burger sitting on the grill waiting for an order that passed a hold time was thrown into a warming bin. When the bin filled up these would be put in plastic bags and frozen, sometimes for days or weeks, before being thawed and made into Wendy’s chili. In other words, it’s the meat that Dave Thomas did not think was suitable for your hamburgers, so he hid it in your chili instead. …

Ever wonder how some of your favorite foods came about? Not all of them were created with thought and precision. Some were just a happy surprise! So let’s uncover ten foods that were invented by accident!

Yogurt

The invention of yogurt is pretty much unknown, but historians have imagined that yogurt was first invented around 5000 BC in Mesopotamia. This was a period when milk-producing animals were domesticated. Since milk products could be produced at home’s that owned such animals, the milk could be shared between families and friends. But, how did they transport the milk… hmmm… this is where things get interesting. The milk would have been transported in bags made from the stomachs of animals. Historians believe that the milk would begin coagulate in these bags due to the amount of bacteria and acidity. Not the best image for yogurt lovers, right? At least the big yogurt companies today aren’t using this method. So, that’s the theory of how yogurt came to be. Ancient Indian records call yogurt “the food of the Gods.” Maybe that’s because they would put milk and a bag and if you left it long enough it would divinely become something different. …

In the fast-food world, it’s always a sink or swim type of deal. Either a product will fail miserably or become the greatest of them all. We’ve talked a lot about the sinking ones in the past, so now let’s focus on the ones that not only swam brilliantly but won the race. Let’s dive into some of their successes over the years.

Chick-fil-A Chicken Sandwich

As you might have heard before, it’s said that Chick-fil-A is the one who started the whole boneless chicken sandwich thing. The one we should thank for bringing this magical, exquisite concoction into our lives — and into our stomachs. So, it makes sense that their chicken sandwich is one of the most popular — and delicious — on the market. In fact, Chick-fil-A sells more chicken sandwiches than any other rival chain — yes that includes KFC and Popeyes. Back in the 1940s, Truett Cathy, a restaurant owner, wanted to help out a local poultry supplier and decided to add chicken to his menu. Not knowing what to do with the boneless chicken, he battered, then pressure fried it, and put the final result between two buns and created an alternative version of a hamburger — all in about the same amount of time. Little did he know that by taking that small step, he would create one of today’s fast-food staples. …

Restaurants are in the business of making money and they have some pretty sneaky ways of squeezing a few extra dollars from customer’s wallets. Before you make reservations at the posh restaurant that’s been on your must-try list for months, learn the tricks of the trade.

Kobe beef is very much a real thing, but unless the fancy restaurant you’re dining at is located in Japan, the beef you’re eating is almost certainly not Kobe. You see, this beef comes from a specific breed of Japanese cattle that falls under the umbrella of Wagyu, widely considered the most decadent beef in the world. But even amongst other Wagyu cattle, the Kobe stands alone due to its speckled fat marbling inside the meat itself. True Kobe beef must come from Japan. The local environment, methods, and expertise required to properly produce this meat can only be found in the Asian country. Because of the strict criteria, there is very little Kobe beef to go around. According to Business Insider, just 3,000 to 4,000 cattle a year make the cut as Kobe beef after slaughter and inspection. It has become common practice in the U.S. to label any type of expensive meat as “Kobe,” But what you’re most likely getting instead is Wagyu beef, which is still a prized piece of meat. …

The label attached to junk food is pretty accurate: a convenient food that requires little to no preparation, is highly processed, and more often than not, provides little nutrition. Well, this list gives a whole new meaning to the “junk” part of junk food. So here are the Top 10 Disgusting Junk Food FAILS.

Reddi…Wip…Bacon

If you’re a fan of whipped cream, you have probably heard of the Reddi-Wip brand. In the early 1960s, the company believed it had found a way to do for bacon what it had done for whipped cream in a can. Cooking bacon in your toaster in 90 seconds sounds like a great idea, but just because something sounds great doesn’t always mean it is. Reddi-Bacon was pre-cooked, so all you had to do was pop one into your toaster, sit back and enjoy; however, the taste wasn’t really, how should we say… good. There is a huge difference between freshly cooked bacon hot off the skillet and bacon cooked weeks ago and reheated. Another issue was that the bacon grease could drip into your toaster and potentially cause a fire. Not exactly your idea of a perfect morning. Although Reddi-Wip spent a lot of money developing and marketing this product, it never even got out of the testing stages and would never know what a shelf life feels like. Some said it was a product ahead of its time.” …

Whether it’s at the corner store or the theater concession stand, how is anyone ever supposed to choose from what seems like an endless array of candy bars? It’s hard to imagine that less than 200 years ago, the chocolate bar had yet even to be invented! Let’s take a stroll down memory lane, and count down the Top 10 Oldest Candy Bars Ever Created!

The Charleston Chew — 1922

Going back almost a century, this bar has a name that many will likely recognize: the Charleston Chew. However, this chocolate bar remains one of the lesser eaten bars on the list in terms of modern popularity. The Charleston Chew was named after the popular dance craze of the 1920s seeded in freedom, excess, liberation, and joy — the Charleston. The chocolate bar itself is much different from the salty and sweet flavor combinations that are most popular today. Instead, the bar contains a sweeter filling, perfect for satisfying those candy cravings. Even though it was originally only offered in vanilla, in the 1970s, this brand expanded with the addition of two new flavors, creating the trio of Charleston’s: vanilla, strawberry, and chocolate. The best part is, is that they can still be found on shelves today. Here’s a little secret to make this phenomenal chocolate experience even tastier: many fans of the Charleston Chew love to put their bar in their freezer to crack off tiny crunchy pieces bit by bit! A must-try experience for any true Chew fan! …

Normally we only see ridiculous commercials during the Superbowl. But whoever said that was the only time we could experience laughable yet, questionable advertisements? Many companies have profited from a commercial that looks and sounds crazy. Here are the Top 10 Most Ridiculous Fast Food Advertisements.

Everyone has heard that you’re supposed to drink eight cups of water every day, but that doesn’t mean you can’t also treat yourself to a delicious soda every now and then. But which one should you grab? There are so many options out there, you could easily work up a thirst just trying to decide. So, here are the top 10 soda brands ranked worst to best.

Crush

The original incarnation of Crush was as an orange soda in the early 1900s — and that is probably how they are best known even to this day. However, depending on what country you are in, and even what part of that country, the number of Crush variations available is almost mind blowing. Not all these flavors are available everywhere, but just get a load of a few of them: Grapefruit, tropical punch, grape, cream soda, cherry, apple, banana, blue raspberry, Lime Rickey, lemon, peach, pear… and we could go on. Crush also does a root beer and a cola, but they are really most well known for all of the fruit soda variations. We have to give them props for all of the different fruit flavors, more so than any other brand on this list. However, when it comes to taste, Crush just doesn’t crush it. And among the various competitors in the different genre markets (Fanta in Orange soda, Barq’s in Root Beer, Sunkist in Grape soda, etc) Crush is usually the second or third choice. However, if you are looking for a soda flavor that you’ve never had before, Crush is your best bet to provide you with that unique fizzy experience. How does red licorice sound? Or Pineapple? Or Sarsi? Or Peach Sour?…