{"version": "1.0", "type": "rich", "title": "weird coincidence where Walt Disney and Ray Kroc were both born in Illinois in 1901 and 1902 respectively, both lied about their...", "author_name": "kontextmaschine", "author_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "provider_name": "kontextmaschine", "provider_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "url": "https://kontextmaschine.com/post/703048530646974465/", "html": "<p><a href=\"https://argumate.tumblr.com/post/703023465413951488/trydianth-argumate-argumate-weird\" class=\"tumblr_blog\" target=\"_blank\">argumate</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote><p><a href=\"https://trydianth.tumblr.com/post/703023363164192768/argumate-argumate-weird-coincidence-where\" class=\"tumblr_blog\" target=\"_blank\">trydianth</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote><p><a href=\"https://argumate.tumblr.com/post/669429728904626176/weird-coincidence-where-walt-disney-and-ray-kroc\" class=\"tumblr_blog\" target=\"_blank\">argumate</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote><p><a href=\"https://argumate.tumblr.com/post/634815439052128256/weird-coincidence-where-walt-disney-and-ray-kroc\" class=\"tumblr_blog\" target=\"_blank\">argumate</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote><p>weird coincidence where Walt Disney and Ray Kroc were both born in Illinois in 1901 and 1902 respectively, both lied about their age to enlist in the ambulance service in WWI, both got assigned to the same unit and shipped out to France, both moved to Southern California after returning to the US.</p></blockquote>\n\n\n<p>Kroc wanted to open a McDonald\u2019s in Disneyland and it didn\u2019t go ahead and he harboured a grudge for the rest of his life to the point of planning to open his own competing theme park next door (!)</p></blockquote>\n\n\n<p>The most that McDonalds ever set foot in Disneyland was a French fry stand in Frontier land that looked like a covered wagon. As far as I know that is.</p><div class=\"npf_row\"><figure class=\"tmblr-full\" data-orig-height=\"901\" data-orig-width=\"1200\"><img src=\"/media/a7d6b63904f8238e3a5dd17485b300ffb1d4fa58_2d775c436fd0.jpg\" data-orig-height=\"901\" data-orig-width=\"1200\" data-media-key=\"ece176fad589e1cc16ea625de3eb8c2f:fa0428812ce0c257-00\"/></figure><figure class=\"tmblr-full\" data-orig-height=\"901\" data-orig-width=\"1200\"><img src=\"/media/10676655319fa4e479da0587db1615248226d7ec_209c9066cf37.jpg\" data-orig-height=\"901\" data-orig-width=\"1200\" data-media-key=\"ed127ecab91288d110bab792f69171cd:fa0428812ce0c257-db\"/></figure></div></blockquote>\n\n\n<p>that\u2019s hilarious, we salute the brave McDonald\u2019s pioneers / colonisers</p></blockquote>", "thumbnail_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com/media/a7d6b63904f8238e3a5dd17485b300ffb1d4fa58_2d775c436fd0.jpg", "thumbnail_width": 1200, "thumbnail_height": 901}