On the morning show "The Doctors"  today , they showed a burger from McDonalds that was 14 years old, shockingly looking like the McDonald's burger you can purchase right now.

The bigger was purchased on July 7, 1999 from David Whippie In Utah.  He still has the receipt for the fast food purchase.

 He forgot that he left the burger in his coat pocket and left it in a closet for two year.  When he saw how preserved it looked he decided to do a little enzyme experiment, waiting 12 more years show the outcome. He appeared via phone on the CBS talkshow with the findings...

The burger looks exactly the same more than a decade later!  The 14-year-old burger indicated no signs of mold, fungus, or even a strange odor. The McDonald's burger was eerily in its exact shape and form as when it was first purchased.In fact, the only changes were the disintegration of the pickle slices.

The doctors attributed the lack of decay to preservatives. "If the mold won't eat, if the fungus wont' eat it, the bugs won't eat it, then maybe we shouldn't be eating it. All these preservatives are to increase the shelf life, but what does that do to our shelf life?" one doctor said.

So what exactly is America eating? In response to Whippie's ancient burger the fast food chain fired back:

"In  the example of a McDonald's hamburger, the patty loses water in the form of steam during the cooking process. The bun, of course, is made out of bread. Toasting it reduces the amount of moisture. This means that after preparation, the hamburger is fairly dry. When left out open in the room, there is further water loss as the humidity within most buildings is around 40%. So in the absence of moisture or high humidity, the hamburger simply dries out, rather than rot."

Whipple isn't the only one to discover this non-rotting burger phenomenon. In 2010, A series of tests were conducted to figure out if various burgers would rot over time.

They found that "the burger doesn't rot because its small size and relatively large surface area help it to lose moisture very fast. Without moisture, there's no mold or bacterial growth."

Watch for yourself how disgusting the shelflife of McDonald's cow really is.

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