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© 2022 Brendan Middleton | In their lifetime, the average person will consume food equal to the weight of six elephants. | About half the bones in your body are located in your hands and feet. | Only two people signed the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. | Maine is the only U.S. state whose name has one syllable. | One in every four Americans has appeared on television. (I'm one of them.) | The U.S. state of Oklahoma has a law against whale hunting. | I once shook Geddy Lee's hand. | Many languages do not have separate words for "blue" and "green." | Thomas Jefferson was a poor financial manager and died deeply in debt. | Dr. Pepper was first sold in 1885, a year before Coca-Cola. | The first five people who e-mail me and ask for one will receive a free T-shirt. | The oldest living tree is a 4,800-year-old Great Basin Bristlecone Pine named Methuselah. | The Great Pyramid and Great Sphinx were already ancient when Cleopatra was alive. | The Big Bang is believed to have occurred 13.7 billion years ago. | Grizzly bears can weigh more than 800 pounds and run faster than an Olympic sprinter. | A recipe for ice cream was published in a cookbook in 1718. | Your left lung is smaller than your right lung. | Armadillo shells have been known to deflect bullets. | A Giant Pacific Octopus can lay 100,000 eggs at one time.