A Quarter Pounder in France is called a Royal Cheese.

After starring in a Burker King commercial at the age of four, Sarah Michelle Gellar was temporarily banned from McDonald's. "It was tough," she says, "because when you're a little kid, McDonald's is where all your friends have their birthday parties, so I missed out on a lot of apple pies."

At a grand total of 1,880 calories, the 40-piece Chicken McNuggets are the highest calorie item on the regular menu.

French fries didn't appear on the McDonald's menu until 1949. Before that, only potato chips were available.

In 1996, McSki-thru, the only McDonald's restaurant in the world where you can ski through the drive-thru, opened in Sweden.

Ronald McDonald House is an independent 501c3 nonprofit organization whose stated mission is to create, find, and support programs that directly improve the health and well being of children.