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There is aat Coney Island in New York City every year on July 4. Until 2007, the champion was Kobayashi Takeru of Nagano. Even though he only weighs 58 kg, his personal record is 65 hot dogs in 10 minutes. In 2007, however, he was beaten by Joey Chestnut of California. Since then, Chestnut has won nine times, and this year he broke his own record of 70 hot dogs. He ate 72 hot dogs in 10 minutes! Although Chestnut is 185 cm tall and weighs 100 kgs, he is not fat. That’s amazing, because 72 hot dogs have about 20,000 calories. (by Prof. Douglas Jarrell)
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Japan and Indonesia are both island countries, but how many islands are there in each country? There are four main islands in Japan, and Indonesia has at least five or six large islands. Then you can start counting the smaller islands such as Okinawa in Japan and Bali in Indonesia. These are no problem. Finally, there are the smallest islands. Japan has over 6,000 islands, and in 1996, Indonesia said that it had 17,508. The problem is that not all of them have names. Now, the Indonesian government is trying to give them names so that it is clear that they belong to Indonesia. (by Prof. Douglas Jarrell)
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