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    Jan 01, 2021 3 minutes
    BY ELIZABETH PRESTON

    DON’T TRY THIS AT HOME

    Hot Dogs in a Hurry

    EVERY YEAR IN NEW YORK CITY, PEOPLE ENTER A CONTEST TO SEE HOW MANY HOT DOGS THEY CAN EAT IN 10 MINUTES.

    Competitors gulp down each dog and bun in just a few bites. The 2020 winner scarfed 75 hot dogs. Now a scientist says he has calculated the highest this number can go.

    The scientist studied data from 39 years of the same

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