Friday, December 9, 2016
Did You Know - Ford F Series Edition
7 Facts You Probably Don’t Know About The Ford F-Series
Why is it called an F-150 anyway?
Why is it called an F-150 anyway?
- The half ton ’48 Ford pickups were designated the F-1. Ford made upgraded the name to F-100 name in 1953,some claim inspired by the introduced of the F-100 Super Sabre jet fighter aircraft, also launched in 1953. The F-150 nomenclature wasn’t introduced until 1975. The reason? At just over 6,000 lbs. gross weight Ford was able to bypass EPA rules requiring catalytic converters and the use of unleaded gasoline by smaller vehicles.
Thursday, December 8, 2016
I'd Buy One If I Could Afford It
Did You Know - Big Mac Edition
13 Things You Definitely Don't Know About the Big Mac
6. Pennsylvania is also home to an official Big Mac Museum
- It's true, ladies and gents. Since 2007, curious burger-heads have been able to visit an entire museum dedicated to America's beloved burger in North Huntingdon, Pennsylvania. The museum (which also serves as a McDonald's restaurant) was opened by Mike Delligatti, Big Mac inventor Jim Delligatti’s son, and houses the world’s Biggest Mac, which is a stunning 14 by 12ft.
8. And the company uses a "specially" calibrated gun to spread said sauce
- It gets weirder, though. Apparently, the special stuff is delivered to each McDonald's franchise in custom "sauce guns" stocked with sealed condiment canisters. With each trigger pull, the machine fires precisely measured dollops of the tangy condiment onto each lucky burger.
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