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Wing Bowl 2011: 5 Facts on Jonathan 'Super' Squibb, Who Ate 255 Wings to Win It

Jonathan "Super" Squibb isn't your average wing man. The New Jersey man devoured 255 chicken wings at Philadelphia's Wells Fargo Center this morning to set a Wing Bowl record and take home the 2011 crown. Squibb's meal -- estimated at 40,000 calories and 2,550 grams of fat -- won the competitive eater $20,000 in...

AOL Weird News Top 10: The Best of the Bizarre

We at AOL Weird News have a motto: "We don't make this stuff up. ... And if we could, we'd be making the big bucks in Hollywood." In 2010, a guy actually named Donald Duck was accused of drunken driving, while another named Frankenstein -- with a scar, just as you'd expect, across his forehead -- allegedly threatened to...

After Choking in Pizza Contest, Is Kobayashi Finished?

(Nov. 16) -- If you're a longtime fan of competitive eating legend Takeru Kobayashi, this news could be hard to swallow. In his first professional eating event on American soil since his controversial arrest this summer, the legendary glutton failed in his attempt to set the Guinness World Record for pizza eating --...

The Twinkie Diet: Nutrition Professor Goes on Monthlong Junk Food Binge

(Sept. 8) -- It's an experiment rich in irony and saturated fats: A Kansas State University nutrition professor will eat little more than Twinkies and Nutty Bars over the next several weeks in an attempt to disprove common beliefs about nutrition. Mark Haub, 40, associate professor in K-State's Department of Human...

After a Day in Court, Former Hot Dog Champ Relishes His Freedom

(Aug. 5) -- Takeru Kobayashi is free to eat. After the famed competitive-eating champ got hit with criminal charges for rushing the stage at the Nathan's Famous International Hot Dog Eating Championship in Coney Island, a Brooklyn, N.Y., judge ruled his case adjourned in contemplation of dismissal. That means that...

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WATCH: Kobayashi Drinks An Insane Amount Of Coffee

Those that follow the competitive eating circuit know that Takeru Kobayashi is a serious contender when it comes to eating large amounts of food in short periods of time.

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05/16/12 Kobayashi's coffee video might make you nauseous Source: Pop Candy - USA Today For Takeru Kobayashi 's sake, I hope the following video is a hoax -- but I don't think it is.
05/13/12 Takeru Kobayashi Is Caffeine Monster Source: Hollywood Rag Competitive eater Takeru Kobayashi is at it again!
05/13/12 Kobayashi -- I Drank 42 Cups of Coffee ... And Didn't... Source: TMZ Competitive eating monster Takeru Kobayashi downed a gut-busting 42 CUPS of coffee for his latest food stunt -- but his rep tells TMZ, the chowdown champ handled the massive caffeine jolt like a champ ... in fact, he didn't even have to poop.
05/11/12 Kobayashi goes for world record in Chester today Source: Philadelphia City Paper - Philadelphia PA Japanese mega-masticator Takeru Kobayashi , whose last visit to Philly saw him crushing Osteria and Garces Trading Co. food with The 700 Level and Philly Mag , is back in town today with the aim of breaking his own cheesesteak-consumption mark.
05/09/12 WATCH: Kobayashi Drinks An Insane Amount Of Coffee Source: Comedy 23/6 - Huffington Post Those that follow the competitive eating circuit know that Takeru Kobayashi is a serious contender when it comes to eating large amounts of food in short periods of time.

Background on Takeru Kobayashi

(born March 15, 1978) is a Japanese competitive eater. He held the world record for hot dog eating for nearly six years, and holds several other eating records, including four Guinness Records for hot dogs, meatballs, Twinkies, hamburgers, and pasta.

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