Justin Gordon, left, tamps sand Tuesday as Kristie Haupt stamps on it to pack down some of the nearly 10 tons of sand that will be used in making a giant iced coffee cup in front of Dunkin’ Donuts on Minot Avenue in Auburn. As part of a free iced coffee giveaway on Thursday, the pair from Groveland, Mass., are working for professional sand sculptor Greg Grady.

Did you know:

– Dunkin’ Donuts will serve free Iced Coffee from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. on Thursday, May 15

– Maine Dunkin’ Donuts shops will serve approximately 105,300 cups of iced coffee on Free Iced Coffee Day.

– Maine Dunkin’ Donuts shops will use approximately 2,316,600 ice cubes for FICD.

– Maine Dunkin’ Donuts shops will brew approximately 13,162 gallons of iced coffee on FICD.

– The quantity of sand used for each of this year’s FICD sculptures (8-10 tons) is the equivalent weight of approximately 12,800-16,000 average-sized Maine lobsters.

– It would take approximately 25 cups of iced coffee stacked on top of one another to reach the top of the FICD sand sculpture.

– 8-10 tons of sand will be used for each of this year’s FICD sand sculptures. That’s approximately 16,000-20,000 cups of free iced coffee.