Americans Eat 150 Million Hot Dogs Every July 4th – But Here’s The Real Effect They Have On The Body

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Time magazine spoke to the historian Bruce Kraig to discover more about the hot dog’s early days in the United States in July 2016. He is the author of several books on the popular product and argues that the hot dog name actually sprang up for a rather humorous reason.

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