AMERICANS CONSUME 16 BILLION HOT DOGS ANNUALLY.
150,000,000 HOT DOGS ARE EATEN BY AMERICANS ON THE 4TH OF JULY ALONE (2 BILLION IN THE MONTH OF JULY).
CHARLIE KAZAN, AGE 89, HAS HAD HOT DOGS FOR DINNER EVERY NIGHT SINCE HE WAS 11 MONTHS OLD. (HE EATS HIS HOT DOGS ON RYE BREAD WITH THE CRUST TORN OFF).
THE OSCAR MEYER WIENER SONG HAS BEEN RECORDED BY THE BERLIN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, A TEEN FOLK BAND, A STRING ENSEMBLE AND A NASHVILLE COUNTRY-WESTERN GROUP.
NASA HAS APPROVED HOT DOGS AS A REGULAR FOOD ITEM ON APOLLO MOON FLIGHTS, SKYLAB MISSIONS AND SPACE SHUTTLE FLIGHTS.
THE AVERAGE HOT DOG IS CONSUMED IN 6.1 BITES.
AN AIDE ONCE SERVED FRANK SINATRA A HOT DOG WITH A BOTTLE OF KETCHUP. SINATRA HATED KETCHUP AND THREW THE BOTTLE AT THE AIDE.
ELVIS PRESLEY RECORDED THE SONG HOT DOG FOR THE 1957 MOVIE LOVING YOU. ELVIS LIKED HIS HOT DOGS BOILED IN A POT FILLED WITH SAUERKRAUT.
MARLENE DIETRICH'S FAVORITE MEAL WAS HOT DOGS AND CHAMPAGNE.
FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT ONCE SERVED HOT DOGS TO KING GEORGE VI OF ENGLAND DURING HIS WHITE HOUSE VISIT IN 1939.
QUEEN ELIZABETH II SERVED HOT DOGS AT A ROYAL BANQUET FOR THE AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION.
BRUCE WILLIS PROPOSED TO DEMI MOORE IN FRONT OF A HOT DOG STAND.
CARY GRANT'S FAVORITE FOOD WAS NATHAN'S CONEY ISLAND HOT DOGS.
MARLON BRANDO WOULD PULL UP TO PINK'S HOT DOG STAND IN L.A., ORDER SIX HOT DOGS AND DOWN THEM. JOHN LENNON LOVED PINK'S HOT DOGS TOO AND ENJOYED GOING THERE WHEN HE LIVED IN L.A. IN THE MID-SEVENTIES. JERRY LEWIS LOVES PINK'S CHILI DOGS, BUT SOMETIMES JUST ASKS FOR A BOWL OF THE CHILI AND EATS THAT.
JAYNE MANSFIELD WAS "MISS HOT DOG AMBASSADOR" IN 1950.
TOP HOT DOG CONSUMING CITIES IN AMERICA:
#1 - NEW YORK
#2 - LOS ANGELES
#3 - BALTIMORE-WASHINGTON D.C.