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This is your daily news briefing from Cheddar News. Today marks the 86th birthday for spam, the famously long lasting canned pork product as spam was first introduced to us grocery stores back in 1937 during the Great Depression. And according to Hormel, 12.8 cans of spam are eaten in the world every second. Meanwhile, Nathan's famous Fourth of July hot dog eating contest took place yesterday with Joey Chestnut taking home yet another win in the famous competition, Chestnut down 62 Franks and Buns in just 10 minutes, achieving his 16th win. And according to one group of scientists, Monday was the unofficial hottest day on record. The global daily average temperature for July 3rd came in at 62.6 F that's high as it's winter in the southern hemisphere. That statistic comes from the University of Maine scientists over at the climate re analyzer project. And that's a cheddar news update. I'm Baker, coming to you from Cheddar Studios in Lower Manhattan.