
Nathan's hot dog eating contest returns July Fourth — outdoors and with a crowd
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America’s most delicious wiener war returns to Coney Island on the Fourth of July – outdoors, under the sun and open to the public.
The competition began in 1916, when Coney Island frank-ophile Jim Mullen, an immigrant from Ireland, consumed 13 hot dogs. It’s become a national holiday spectacle in recent years, broadcast coast-to-coast on ESPN.More Related News

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