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10 surprising facts about hot dogs

Published: September 25, 2018 Updated: June 6, 2022
hot dogs cooking on a grill with hamburgers
Canada set a world record for Most Expensive Hot Dog in 2012 with a $100 dog from DougieDog Hot Dogs in Vancouver. Photo by Joshua Resnick/Shutterstock
10 surprising facts about hot dogs

Tomato ketchup falling from bottle
Heinz ketchup travels at 0.045 km/h. Photo by showcake/Shutterstock
10 surprising facts about hot dogs

fresh hot dog buns piled up on wooden surface
You’d have to buy five packages of eight buns and four packages of 10 dogs to avoid any leftovers. Photo by Dario Lo Presti/Shutterstock
10 surprising facts about hot dogs

People walk past 7-Eleven convenience store in New York, USA
North American 7-Eleven stores sell 100 million grilled hot dogs every year. Who is eating them? Photo by Tupungato/Shutterstock
10 surprising facts about hot dogs

Making and cooking hot dogs over open camp fire
“Hot dogs” were the first words ever spoken by Mickey Mouse. Photo by JGA/Shutterstock
10 surprising facts about hot dogs

Plate of freshly grilled hotdogs with mustard
Skinner’s in Manitoba (circa 1929) is considered Canada’s oldest continuously operating hot dog vendor. Photo by Stephanie Frey/Shutterstock
10 surprising facts about hot dogs

DJ Mustard at the 2018 MTV Movie Awards
Rapper and record producer DJ Mustard (“Mustard on da beat!”) was born Dijon Isaiah McFarlane. Photo by Kathy Hutchins/Shutterstock
10 surprising facts about hot dogs

Close up of a hot dog with vegetables
The second most common ingredient in hot dogs? Mechanically separated snout. JK. It’s water. Photo by Filipe B. Varela/Shutterstock
10 surprising facts about hot dogs

Hot dogs with beer with the camp fire in the background
A Hot Dog Water Slushie is a cocktail of frozen hot dog water blended with beer. Promise that you’ll never make it. Photo by Magdanatka/Shutterstock
10 surprising facts about hot dogs

Hot Dog with lettuce, mustard, cheese and tomato
Transcripts from the Apollo 13 space mission prove that astronaut Jim Lovell thinks the hot dog is a sandwich. Photo by Kabdullazade/Shutterstock
10 surprising facts about hot dogs

You know them, you love them, they feature on barbecues everywhere: hot dogs, of course! Check out these 10 bizarre facts that just might come in handy during your next trivia night.

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