July 4, 2006: Joey Chestnut and Takeru Kobayashi go boca a boca at the Nathan's Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest at Coney Island, N.Y. Kobayashi won for the sixth consecutive year, setting a world record by eating 53¾ hot dogs in 12 minutes. Chestnut fell just short with 52, but went on to win the contest each of the next two years, and eclipsed Kobayashi's record by eating 66 dogs in 12 minutes in 2007.
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