stackyFACTSThat prestigious five-star plaque on the wall wasn't handed down by ancient scholars. The modern rating system was essentially invented in 1958 by a prominent oil company looking for a way to promote road trips. They created an arbitrary scale of quality simply to convince people to drive further and buy more of their gasoline.
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