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Cold facts you didn't want to know: - McDonald's feeds more than 46 million people a day - more than the entire population of Spain. - In the U.S., they eat more than 1,000,000 animals an hour. - The World Health Organization has declared obesity a global epidemic. - McDonald's operates more than 30,000 restaurants in more then 100 countries on 6 continents. - The average child sees 10,000 TV advertisements per year. - Al Gore got the most votes in the U.S. elections 2000. - It requires 100 000 liters of water to produce one kilo of beef. - 38% of the grain produced in the world is used to produce meat. - 70% of the U.S. grain is used to feed animals, meant for meat production. - 70% of the plundered rain forests of Costa Rica and Panama are now used as pastures. - It requires 40-70 minks or 10-20 foxes to produce one fur coat. - The most common way of putting foxes to death at fur farms are done with electric shocks. One rod is put in the mouth and one rod is put in the rectum, both connected to a car battery. - The massacre 1953 in Qibya, Palestine lead to the death of over 50 palestinian civilians. The massacre was done by Israel's military squad Unit 101, lead by Ariel Sharon (Israel's prime minister since 2001). - For decades israel has either ignored or explicitly broken the UN resolution 242 and 338. Resolution 242 demands that Israel pulls back to the borders that was applied before 1967. Israel replied with moving thousands of settlers to arabic areas, building settlements which is strictly for jews. - In Hebron 85 procent of the water suppliy is used by 400 Settlers while 120 000 palestinians shares the remaining 15 procent. Infamous quotes: "It's clearly a budget. It's got a lot of numbers in it." — George W. Bush, Reuters, May 5, 2000 "I think if you know what you believe, it makes it a lot easier to answer questions. I can't answer your question." — George W. Bush, Reynoldsburg, Ohio, Oct. 4, 2000 "Natural gas is hemispheric. I like to call it hemispheric in nature because it is a product that we can find in our neighborhoods." —Dear George W. Bush, Austin, Texas, Dec. 20, 2000 "Neither in french nor in english nor in mexican." -George W. Bush, Declining to take a reporters questions during a photo op with canadian prime minister Jean Chretien, Apr. 21, 2001 |