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Takeru Kobayashi Sets Unofficial Hot Dog-Eating Record at 230 Fifth

Eat your heart out, Joey Chestnut. After parting ways with his Coney Island counterpart, former hot dog-eating champion Takeru Kobayashi staged a competition of his own Monday, setting a new unofficial world record.

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