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Major League Eating Considers Higher Tech Hot Dog Eating Contest

As the countdown at the annual Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest on July 4th reached zero, Joey Chestnut appeared to be in the lead with “only” 64 hot dogs consumed in 10 minutes. Carmen Cincotti trailed with 45. A quick review, however, determined a counting error: Chestnut had actually eaten a world record 74 hot […]

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Major League Eating Considers Higher Tech Hot Dog Eating Contest

As the countdown at the annual Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest on July 4th reached zero, Joey Chestnut appeared to be in the lead with “only” 64 hot dogs consumed in 10 minutes. Carmen Cincotti trailed with 45. A quick review, however, determined a counting error: Chestnut had actually eaten a world record 74 hot […]

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Cricket Stream Sets Record With 10.7 Million Viewers

Indian social media and social entertainment platform Hotstar set a new record for the most concurrent users on a live stream on Sunday. The Indian Premier League final between the Chennai Super Kings and Sunrisers Hyderabad was watched by 10.7 million users at the same time. The Super Kings won the title by eight wickets. Hotstar […]

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