1.0 link 225588 <![CDATA[Sign of the Apocalype: Elephants vs. Humans at Coney Island eating contest]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/paula-duffy/sign-of-the-apocalype-ele_b_225588.html A lot has happened in the year since American Joey Chestnut took down perennial champ Takeru Kobayashi for the second straight year at the July 4th Coney Island extravaganza.

In a tie-breaker that day Chestnut defended his title and viewers were treated to the spectacle of some back-wash of the final chunks almost consumed by Kobayashi. Or as they call it in the sport, a reversal.

And competitive eating grew into a close cousin of pro wrestling as its governing body, the...

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