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(Text 1) A Mc Donald’s super-fan has kept a burger and fries in a glass cabinet for 10 years - and it still looks fine to eat.

The so-called "indestructible" McDonald's meal has no sign of mould or decay, despite having been first served up a decade ago.

Back in 2009, McDonald's closed down all three of its restaurants ____ Iceland.

And one man decided to buy the icy nation's final hamburger and fries - so the meal could live on after the chain's closure.

"I had heard that McDonald's never decompose so I just wanted to see if it was true or not," Hjortur Smarason said.

It's now been exactly 10 years since Smarason made his purchase, and the meal barely looks older.

In fact, there's a livestream of the burger and fries available to watch online _____ free.

The not-so-happy meal is housed in a glass cabinet in Snotra House, a hostel in southern Iceland.

You can check out the livestream here <https://snotrahouse.com/last-mcdonalds/>..

"The old guy is still there, feeling quite well," said hostel owner Siggi Sigurdur, speaking to BBC News <https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-trending-50262547>. .

"It's a fun thing, of course, ______ it makes you think about what you are eating.

"There is no mould, it's only the paper wrapping that looks old.

" Why do McDonald's meals last so long? Here's what you need to know...

· Like many fast food outlets, McDonald's adds chemicals to its ingredients to make them last longer

· This saves McDonald's money and means you can get your meals for cheaper than you would otherwise

· These chemicals are called preservatives, which McDonald's say it adds "only when absolutely necessary, to ensure the food is safe to eat"

· "They will be used, for example, to prevent our bread and cheese from going mouldy and our pickles from spoiling," McDonald's explains

· You can find a full ingredient declaration for all McDonald's foods (including burgers) sold in the UK here

· The hostel says that people visit _____ around the world to see the burger.

· And it claims that the livestream website receives up to 400,000 hits every single day. · The meal hasn't always been kept in a glass cabinet, however.

· At first, Smarason stored the burger and fries in a plastic bag in his garage.

· After three years, he donated the meal to the National Museum of Iceland - and noticing barely any change in its appearance.

· The Museum decided that they weren't equipped to preserve the food, and then returned it to its original owner.

· "I think he was wrong because this hamburger preserves itself," Smarason said.

· The meal was then kept at a different hostel in Reykjavik, before being moved to its current home.

· We've asked McDonald's for a statement and will update this article with any response.

Disponível em: www.thesun.uk

Brit dad is the first person to take

a holiday in the ruins of failed state ISIS

in Northern Iraq

Dad-of-four Andy Drury, 53, had no visas and was in danger of kidnapping from militia d uring his £4,000 three-day break in Mosul, Northern Iraq. But he has _______ back stunning photos of t he former IS stronghold.

Building firm owner Andy, of Guildford, Surrey, has spent the last 20 years touring areas of the planet most people do not dare to go and first visited this a rea in 2016.

He said of one visit to a dangerous area near Mosul : “I was nervous, my heart was in my mouth for 20 minutes.

“We had been turned away by Iraqi forces. If caught , we could have been jailed for spying.”

Andy added: “I must be the first person to be have been a tourist in the ruins of Islamic State.

“My fixer Ammar (not his real name) was right on th e front line for the taking back of Mosul, taking repor ters in there.

“But he said he is more scared with me, with the ne ws reporters he was in an armoured car, but with m e on the front line a couple of years ago, he said I di dn’t wear a vest or helmet or nothing, he said that w as scarier.”

Andy said he doesn’t wear protective clothing beca use he tries to stumble on as little front line fighting as possible.

The businessman is meticulous in the planning of hi s trips and so far has holidayed in no-goareas like Somalia, North Korea and Afghanistan, as well as spending time with the Klu Klux Klan.

Andy said:

“Driving in from Iraq and Kurdistan, all the buildings were beautiful, and then it changes, and I’ve never seen nothing like it, it was like an apocalyptic film.

Fonte: https://www.thesun.co.uk/travel/10087541/br it-dad-holiday-isis-iraq/ Acesso em: 09/Out/2019