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Another Photo Proves Once Again That McDonald's Fries Will Outlast Us All
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Jen Carlson
Published Jan 10, 2012
Modified Jan 10, 2012
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When fast food refuses to age, we just can't look away. It's horrifying! Yet here we are again gazing upon it like we're standing in front of the Mona Lisa. This masterpiece was found on Reddit, and shows one jar containing KFC fries and the other containing McDonald's fries, both sealed off in 2008. Here we are just over three years later and the McDonald's fries don't look like they've aged one day.
Sure, this has all been done before (check out this video of aging McProducts from 2007), but fries not getting old never gets old (nor does hamburgers never getting old). But maybe to spice things up, next time someone can taste the three-year-old fries? We need to go next level with this experiment, people. [via Animal]
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