Chicken, sandwich, and waffle fries in front of McDonald's, Starbucks, and Long John Silver's logos - Static Media / Shutterstock / Getty You hear a lot about the best new fast food items or the tried ...

Let's get honest here: The people who know the most about every item on a fast food restaurant's menu aren't the people from the corporate offices who develop those items, or decide what's on offer.

How many fast-food chains can you name? We're willing to bet that you can reel off a lot of them, but also that you won't even scratch the surface of the true amount. In the United States alone, there ...