A 20-year-old McDonald's burger that never molded: David Whipple's famous preservation experiment
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February 18, 2026
In 1999, David Whipple bought a McDonald's hamburger and left it sitting on the counter as an experiment to see how long it would stay intact. After months without spoilage, he began showing it at science presentations.
Twenty years later, the burger looks nearly unchanged. — Read the rest
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