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Anna Tingley If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. For some, Fourth of July is simply an American holiday meant to honor U.S history. For others, it’s the ultimate summer weekend, often marked by outdoor cookouts or a beach day — even better that it falls on a three-day weekend this year.

a new study found that every dirty water dog a human eats takes more than half an hour off their life.“Eating a hot dog could cost you 36 minutes of healthy life, while choosing to eat a serving of nuts instead could help you gain 26 minutes of extra healthy life,” begins a press release for the University of Michigan study, published this month in the journal Nature Food.The findings have provoked simultaneous concern and admiration for the legendary competitive eater who, by some Twitter

Joey Chestnut is a winner once again!

July 4 means baseball, hot dogs, apple pie and Chevrolet. For competitive eating champion Joey Chestnut, it particularly means hot dogs.

tweeted. Joey Chestnut is going so hard he broke ESPNEven so, fans celebrated his win as excitedly as ever, even going so far as to compare him to some other incredible athletes.We’re currently witnessing the most dominant athlete of all time, live and direct.

He's also pretty smart. When Rebel participated in a celebrity edition of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire, she phoned Jacob for help on the $64,000 question.

ot at the fabled Coney Island boardwalk. This year, the contest took place indoors at a Nathan’s storage room.The judges wore masks and practiced social distancing and the contestants were handed the wieners by assistants clad in Nathan’s masks and latex gloves.Paul MartinkaPaul MartinkaPaul MartinkaPaul MartinkaView SlideshowChestnut, nicknamed “Jaws,” has now won 13 of the last 14 Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contests in the men’s division.

legal betting, but without a live audience, held at an undisclosed indoor location and with a third as many competitors as usual.But you can count on 12-time contest champion Joey Chestnut being one of them, downing franks and buns en masse at lightning speed, in the hopes of beating his 74-dog record for his 16th year competing.