1. McDonald’s sells around 550 million Big Mac burgers annually in the United States alone.
2. At $499, the world’s largest hamburger commercially available tips the scales at 84.3 kg and is on the menu at Mallie’s Sports Grill & Bar in Southgate, Michigan. It is called the ‘Absolutely Ridiculous Burger’, and it takes about 12 hours to prepare.
3. The world’s biggest cheeseburger was recorded in Minnesota in 2012, containing 4.1 million calories and weighing in at an enormous one tonne.
4. On 5 August 2013, the first hamburger made from lab grown meat grown from cow stem cells was eaten in London.
5. Hamburger slang appears in the aviation industry too: A ‘hundred-dollar hamburger’ is aviation slang for a pilot needing an excuse to fly. A $100 hamburger trip typically involves flying a short distance (less than two hours), eating at an airport restaurant, and flying home.
