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TIL that the McDonald's #1 Store Museum, "officially" the first McDonald's, is actually a replica of the ninth restaurant location, which was torn down and rebuilt in 1985. The company refers to it as the original because it was the first opened after former CEO Ray Kroc joined the company.

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