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This Is How 5 Famous Fast-Food Restaurants Got Their Names

We all know fast food isn’t great for us, but that doesn’t mean you (and I) still don’t love it! Just in moderation, right? Or something like that…

Anyway, we all have our favorite fast food joints, but do you know where their names come from?

Let’s take a look and find out!

1. Whataburger

#TBT to the 9th Whataburger location in Corpus Christi, TX which must have been spectacular at night with its neon sign.

Posted by Whataburger on Thursday, March 7, 2019

What a taste, what a place! The regional burger chain started at a time when there were no patties bigger than 4 inches. What to do? Founder Harmon Dobson wanted a 5-inch burger that would make people exclaim “What a burger!” And the name stuck…

2. Wendy’s

Posted by Wendy's on Tuesday, August 15, 2017

Dave Thomas opened the first Wendy’s restaurant in Columbus, Ohio, in 1969, and he named his burger joint after his daughter Melinda, who was nicknamed Wendy.

3. Subway

Posted by Subway on Thursday, October 4, 2018

In 1965, Pete’s Super Submarines was opened in Bridgeport, Connecticut, by Frank DeLuca and Peter Buck. They renamed it “Pete’s Subway” a few years later. In 1974, DeLuca and Buck wanted to franchise their shop, so they simply renamed it Subway.

4. Starbucks

Where it all started. #coffeepassion

Posted by Starbucks on Saturday, January 12, 2013

Starbucks co-founder Gordon Bowker heard from a friend who worked at an ad agency that words that started with “st” were considered powerful. While brainstorming, they came across a map with a town on it called “Starbo.” Bowker was reminded of the character Starbuck from Moby Dick and a coffee giant was born. They also considered calling the place “Pequod,” after the ship in Moby Dick.

Side note: Pequod’s is the name of my favorite deep-dish pizza place in Chicago. Booyah!

5. Domino’s

Eenie, meenie, miny, moe…LOL, JK. We'll take a slice of each!

Posted by Domino's Pizza on Tuesday, March 27, 2018

The pizza favorite owes its name to a deadline. Brothers Jim and Tom Monaghan bought a pizza place called DomiNick’s in Ypsilanti, Michigan, in 1960. When the original owner decided he wanted to retain his rights to the name, the brothers had to make a decision so they could put their name in the phone book before a deadline.

Domino’s was reportedly dreamed up by a delivery driver named Jim Kennedy. Good choice.

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13 Knockoff Products That Are Wrong in a Hilarious Way

Once in a while, knockoffs look alarmingly real, and people pay pretty decent money for them.

Other times, yeah… you go into the dollar store and see something insanely off.

Because wow. Just wow.

1. You know what’s not left? This game’s credibility…

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2. This… this is amazing. So many thoughts right now…

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3. Let’s all go to Msaeachubaets!

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4. “Franstromers! More than eats your face!”

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5. Ratashitface

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6. Godzilla, you’ve got some fucking competition now!

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7. Detotooossssssssss!

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8. I can’t remember if I’ve ever had butter…

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9. Michael Jordan never looked weirder…

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10. I have so many emotions about this right now…

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11. NO! The teeth!!! No no no! NOOOOO!

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12. Sandwichbob Square Butt? What the what wut wot???

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13. I’ve got nothing left…

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I mean, are these people lazy or just stupid? Possible both?

Let us know your fave knockoff in the comments. Because we love you and we want to see you make others happy.

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These Employees All Made Work Hilarious

Days like this just make work a little bit easier.

There are few things that bring us as much joy as making fellow employees feel like they just got played.

Yes, trolling your coworkers is a game that many can play, but few can win.

It’s time to meet the winners. 17 of them, in fact.

We’re not worthy.

1. “This sly cursor switcharoo”

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2. “This beloved colleague who was #blessed with a priceless parting gift”

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3. “This coworker who was done with all of his other coworkers’ shit”

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4. “These coworkers who were never good at goodbyes”

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5. “These employees who surprised a fellow employee with a sturdy cardboard fortress”

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6. “This medic who went to work dressed as her co-medic for Halloween”

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7. “This *URGENT* Post-It note that a couple workers left for their security team”

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8. “They wanted to make sure that their departing team member could never ~truly~ leave them”

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9. “This chummy exchange over some ham”

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10. “This coworker who managed to keep their coworker’s birthday ~under wraps~”

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11. “This coworker whose tolerance was running low, but whose creativity was at an all-time high”

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12. “These coworkers who kept track of when their coworker started humming or singing”

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13. “This teacher who valued grammar above sanitation”

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14. “This colleague who found the perfect way to deflect any and all human interaction”

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15. “This touching memorial *wipes tear* for when an accountant moved cubicles”

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16. “This coworker who stayed late to tape Nicolas Cage to the bottom of everyone’s computer mouse”

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17. “This employee who found this particular mode of transferring money more fun than Venmo”

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I mean, what else can you say except these are all absolutely on point in every way?

Still, we want to hear from you! Which ones did you love the most?

Let us know in the comments!

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10+ “Hot” People Talk About the Problems with Being Too Attractive

I’ve heard that the more attractive you are, the easier life is supposed to be, right?

At least that’s the assumption most people have about those whose looks are above the average population’s.

These 11 individuals talk about the problems they face being someone who is considered to be good looking.

As these confessions show, it’s not always easy…

1. Yeah, you ever think of THAT?!

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2. Beauty + brains… bruh!

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3. Ugh, that can’t feel good…

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4. A common refrain…

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5. Yeah guys… wise up!

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6. Haha… that last line!

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7. Sometimes, the hottest ones are the most approachable…

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8. Prove this, motherfuckers!

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9. Yeah, boo fucking hoo…

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10. That’s gotta be tricky…

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11. Good luck!

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Hotties, got a problem with being TOO hot? Let us know your story in the comments!

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10+ Photos of Men Who Are Very Confused

Listen: sometimes men pretend not to know what’s going on in order to get out of extra work.

Other times when they’ve just never encountered a “womanly” thing and their reaction can be totally priceless.

The proof!

13. Always share.

12. CRINGE.

11. Sooooo awkward.

10. It’s pretty AND it’s dinner.

9. Rockin it.

8. Dude.

7. He made you laugh on your period that’s something.

6. Not sure whether this should be a swipe right or left.

5. It might still make you barf.

4. This story ended up in a very different place from where it started.

3. Monster.

2. Doritos=Love.

1. Precious.

 

Men… can’t live with ’em, don’t want to clean your own gutters!

Amirite ladies?!

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Teen Activist Greta Thunberg Faces Cruel Jokes About Drowning as She Sails Across the Atlantic to Battle Climate Change

Is there anything worse than Grade A Internet trolls?

Greta Thunberg is 16 years old and has made it her life’s work (so far) to raise awareness for, and to do her best to combat, climate change around the world.

Apparently, this makes grown ass people with keyboards think it’s okay to joke about a teenaged girl drowning in a boating accident, because that’s the world we’re living in today.

Thunberg wanted to attend the United Nations climate change summits in the United States and Chile, but wanted to a find a responsible way to do it – air travel is the most carbon intensive form of transportation. So she landed on boat travel in order to minimize her carbon emissions.

The Malizia II, a racing yacht that employs solar panels to power her underwater turbines, offered her a ride, which she accepted. She and her father set out from Portsmouth (in the United Kingdom) on a two-week sail to the States.

Good for her, right?

You would think that most adults would feel that way, but, sadly, there are plenty who don’t.

It turns out that grown-ups who have dug into their (incorrect) positions about climate change being non-anthropological feel the need to attack a child in order to defend their own insecurities.

Like radio personality Julia Hartley-Brewer, who thinks being irresponsible is…funny?

And this totally gross comment from U.K. media personality Arron Banks.

Luckily, there are just as many people (if not more) ready to defend Greta and her actions.

As it should be.

True to form, Greta seems to be soldiering on and enjoying her trip.

And, I assume, the bleak pleasure of knowing she’s right.

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A Guys Tried to Dissuade a Friend from Buying a Purebred Pug by Showing Him a Skull Comparison

This is a strange story…

When NoNienNietNon‘s friend expressed a desire to own a purebred pug, he went all out in trying to convince him otherwise – by showing him the cruel differences between a pug skull and the skulls of other, less bred dogs.

fuck intentionally breeding physical deformities into animals for the sake of vanity

There are plenty of arguments against buying a purebred doing and instead opting to rescue a pup from the shelter, but when it comes to the “squashed face” breeds (like pugs), you can add “the health of the breed” to that list.

Pugs and other dogs with smashed faces (aka brachycephaly) are prone to multiple health issues that shorten their lifespan and impair their quality of life. Dr. Rowena Packer spoke with The Guardian about some of these problems.

“The breeds that are increasing in popularity unfortunately are plagued by a plethora of different health problems – we are talking about issues from head to tail. Whenever we’ve got breeds that do have health problems increasing in popularity naturally we are really concerned about that.”

Professor Paul McGreevy chimed in to talk about how the health problems impact their lifespan.

“These dogs are dying, we think, four years earlier than dogs of the same size with normal-shaped skulls. Because they have got all of the tissues in their head that a normal dog has, but they have less room, they get dental crowding and they also get the soft palette hanging down – that is what gives them the [breathing] sounds.”

The wrinkles on their faces, caused by excess skin, also lead the breeds to struggle with eczema, skin disorders, and even eye problems, and the “ideal” body shape of a head larger than the waist means more and more pug mamas require c-section births.

If that’s not a way of Mother Nature telling you that something has gone awry, I don’t know what is.

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10 Teens Who Caught Their Bffs in Really Bad Lies

There are people you should never lie to, most notably your best friend.

But what happens when the tables are turned and you discover that your best friends are lying to you?

The following confessions come from teenagers who caught their besties in RIDICULOUS lies…

1. How were you going to get away with this?!?

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2. Well, not mad at this smart ass bitch…

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3. So fucked up. Jeezus…

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4. OMFG!!!

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5. Horrible!

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6. NEVER lie about mental illness.

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7. If you do this, you’re a COMPLETE piece of shit.

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8. Not mad at this bestie either…

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9. Not your bestie then…

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10. Wow. That’s cold.

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Have a story where your BFF turned out not to be? Share in the comments!

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A Man Landed in the Hospital After Sniffing His Own Dirty Socks

If you’ve ever done the laundry of a teenaged boy, then you’re probably aware that the smell can get pretty rank, but hospitalization via stinky socks?

Read on, my friends.

A 37-year-old man from southeast China went to the hospital experiencing chest pains. There, he was admitted and given X-rays to determine the cause of his pain, as well as a cough he couldn’t seem to shake.

The diagnosis? A fungal infection deep in his lungs.

It took doctors some time to deduce the cause, and they were only able to do so after the man admitted to a habit (addiction?) of sniffing his dirty socks after they’d just come off his feet.

Feet that, it turns out, were harboring a fungus. Which they then transferred to his socks. Which he then sniffed.

A fungal infection he’d developed on his feet was transferred to his lungs when he smelled his socks, taking in some of the fungal spores (microscopic particles that allow fungi to reproduce and disperse) as he did so.

The questionable habit, combined with a weakened immune system due to life and parenting, contributed to the seriousness of the incident, according to doctors.

The patient had to spend some time in the hospital, but is expected to make a full recovery – as long as he can find a new hobby.

Like, literally anything else.

Parents of teens, be warned – maybe don’t breathe in at all while dumping that laundry in the machine. You never know what’s in there.

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Guys Open up About the Women’s Habits They Can’t Stand

Women are the cleaner gender, right?

Well, if we’re being honest, both genders can act pretty disgusting at times. And these guys aren’t afraid to reveal the things women do that gross them out the most.

1. Well, this is dumb AF…

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2. I wonder how many guys do this… oh most of them? Got it!

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3. Yeah, being natural is TOTALLY gross. Get a life bruh…

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4. Plot twist!

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5. Oh, your deal is about to be broken forever, my boy…

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6. Really? REALLY?!?

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7. Okay, sometimes leggings can be a problem…

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8. AGREED!

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9. Haha, you feeling a lot of elbows out there??

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10. I mean… not entirely wrong…

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11. Yeah, doesn’t it just make it worse?

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Girls, how many of these are you most guilty of?

And guys, do you agree or disagree with these?

Let us know in the comments!

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