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White Castle also hired a respectable scientist at the University of Michigan to conduct a test of the hamburger’s nutritional value. For13 weeks the scientist fed a student nothing but White Castle hamburgers and water.¹

Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle (released in some countries as Harold & Kumar Get the Munchies) is a comedy film released in 2004. The plot revolves around the two title characters, who decide to go to the fast food restaurant White Castle after smoking marijuana, only to find themselves on a series of comical misadventures instead.²

For several years, when the original burgers sold for five cents, White Castle periodically ran promotional ads in local newspapers which contained coupons offering five burgers for ten cents, takeout only. The typical White Castle restaurant architecture features a white exterior with a crenelated tower at one corner to resemble a medieval castle.³

In observance of its seventy-fifth anniversary, White Castle System, Inc. recently donated a collection of corporate memorabilia and inactive company records to the Ohio Historical Society. The collection includes four primary types of material–newsletters, audiovisuals, artifacts, and manuscripts.⁴

Originally, when the defences at White Castle were still of earth and timber, the site was entered from the south. The crescentic hornwork then covered the main approach to the castle.⁵

In 2004, George W. Bush garnered more political contributions ($450) in White Castle than did the other Presidential candidates. The Democratic party was the top fund-raiser among political parties in the town.⁶