Diamond Jim [wiki] (1856-1917) began as a bellboy and ended as a fabulously wealthy railroad tycoon, financier, and philanthropist. Now and then he had a bite to eat.
1: Number of gallons of orange juice the millionaire railroad tycoon drank for breakfast.
2: Number of pounds of candy Brady often finished a meal with - after desserts.
6: Number of times the size of Brady's stomach was, compared with a normal person's stomach.
8: Number of lobsters Brady often ate as dinner course or as "light" lunch.
12: Number of eggs Brady liked in his soufflé.
25: Number of "best customers" the owner of Charles Rector's, an exclusive Broadway restaurant, said Brady represented - all by himself.
72: Number of oysters with which Brady often started an evening's repast.
150,000: Number of dollars Brady reportedly paid a Boston chocolate manufacturer to build a larger factory to adequately supply the legendary gourmand.
From mental_floss' excellent book Forbidden Knowledge: A Wickedly Smart Guide to History's Naughtiest Bits, published in Neatorama with permission. Be sure to checkout the mentalfloss blog.
My second one was...good grief, this guy was the very personification of gluttony. Blegh.
--TwoDragons