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King Kobayashi's long reign is over. Joey

King Kobayashi's long reign is over. Joey Chestnut broke the record for eating the most hot dogs in 12 minutes yesterday: 59 1/2. He bested the previous record by a whopping 5 3/4 dogs.

Update: To put this in perspective, Chestnut bested the old record by roughly 10%. This would be like running the 100m dash in 8.8 seconds, long jumping 32.5 feet, or completing a marathon in 1:51.

By Jason Kottke    Jun 3, 2007 at 01:31 pm    food   hot dogs   Takeru Kobayashi   world records

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