FACTArchive →
34,000 Big Macs
FACT
@fact5
Unbelievable RecordsMay 28, 2026

34,000 Big Macs

34,000 Big Macs Don Gorske ate his first Big Mac on May 17, 1972. He kept the receipt. Then he kept eating them. One a day. Sometimes two. He saved every wrapper and logged every meal. By early 2024, he had eaten more than 34,000. His cholesterol, he says, is fine.

See it on Facebook →← All facts
Share → X Reddit WhatsApp Threads Facebook
Spot an error? Email hello@thefact5.com with a source — we correct visibly.
KEEP SCROLLING

More strange facts ✦

He jumped off Everest's summit with a parachute. 🪂
FACT
@fact5
Unbelievable Records
He jumped off Everest's summit with a parachute. 🪂
Something out there flashes the energy of years of sunlight in 1 millisecond ⚡
FACT
@fact5
Unbelievable Records
Something out there flashes the energy of years of sunlight in 1 millisecond ⚡
Airliner oxygen masks may last only about 15 minutes. ✈️
FACT
@fact5
Unbelievable Records
Airliner oxygen masks may last only about 15 minutes. ✈️
That tiny airplane-window hole is supposed to be there. ✈️
FACT
@fact5
Unbelievable Records
That tiny airplane-window hole is supposed to be there. ✈️
Erno Rubik needed a month to solve his own cube. 🧩
FACT
@fact5
Heartwarming Humanity
Erno Rubik needed a month to solve his own cube. 🧩
Scientists accidentally created glow-in-the-dark cats by inserting jellyfish genes into cat DNA to study genetic diseases, and the cats passed the trait to their kittens.
FACT
@fact5
Science Gone Wrong
Scientists accidentally created glow-in-the-dark cats by inserting jellyfish genes into cat DNA to study genetic diseases, and the cats passed the trait to their kittens.
A 1-year-old has been 'blinking' in a Sicilian crypt for 105 years 👁️
FACT
@fact5
Creepy Discoveries
A 1-year-old has been 'blinking' in a Sicilian crypt for 105 years 👁️
Post-it Notes came from glue that failed to stick. 🗒️
FACT
@fact5
Ironic Twists
Post-it Notes came from glue that failed to stick. 🗒️
A ghost-white whale kept returning to Australia. 🐋
FACT
@fact5
Animal Oddities
A ghost-white whale kept returning to Australia. 🐋
Endal knew more than 100 ways to help one man. 🐕
FACT
@fact5
Animal Oddities
Endal knew more than 100 ways to help one man. 🐕
Ordinary matches once destroyed workers’ jawbones. 🔥
FACT
@fact5
Dark History
Ordinary matches once destroyed workers’ jawbones. 🔥
A garbage collector in Turkey built a library from discarded books he found in the trash, and it now has 6,000 books that locals borrow for free.
FACT
@fact5
Heartwarming Humanity
A garbage collector in Turkey built a library from discarded books he found in the trash, and it now has 6,000 books that locals borrow for free.
🎲 Surprise me with another