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© 2013 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.