Excerpts from The Edge...
Estimated number of hot dogs eaten by Americans on the Fourth of July:
150 million
Number eaten in 12 minutes by Takeru Kobayashi of Nagano, Japan, winner of the annual Nathan's Famous Fourth of July International Hot Dog Eating Contest in Coney Island, New York:
49
Number of cases of hot dogs he won:
2
Number supposedly eaten in 12 minutes by the winner of the first Nathan's hot dog eating contest, in 1916, held by four immigrants to settle an argument about who was the most patriotic:
13
Reason they stopped afer 12 minutes:
The other contestants could not go on
Amount of federal tax money allocated for a new bus stop (which may include a heated sidewalk) in Anchorage, Alaska:
$1.5 million
Minimum amount that members of Congress have paid their own relatives since 2001:
$3 million
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Estimated number of hot dogs eaten by Americans on the Fourth of July:
150 million
Number eaten in 12 minutes by Takeru Kobayashi of Nagano, Japan, winner of the annual Nathan's Famous Fourth of July International Hot Dog Eating Contest in Coney Island, New York:
49
Number of cases of hot dogs he won:
2
Number supposedly eaten in 12 minutes by the winner of the first Nathan's hot dog eating contest, in 1916, held by four immigrants to settle an argument about who was the most patriotic:
13
Reason they stopped afer 12 minutes:
The other contestants could not go on
Amount of federal tax money allocated for a new bus stop (which may include a heated sidewalk) in Anchorage, Alaska:
$1.5 million
Minimum amount that members of Congress have paid their own relatives since 2001:
$3 million
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