Joey "Jaws" Chestnut set a world record Saturday after consuming 69 hot dogs in ten minutes at the annual Famous Nathan's Fourth of July International Hot Dog Eating Contest on New York's Coney Island. We did the math: at 290 calories a pop, Chestnut gobbled more than 20,000 calories ... in hot dogs ... in ten minutes. (And ladieeeez, we hear he's single!) Terrifying, but at the same time, it makes us feel better about the pints of ice cream we've killed in a single sitting. Source

If you need more of a reason to stay out of the sun and bathe in sunscreen daily: the number of women with skin cancer is eight times higher than it was in the '70s (melanoma cases in men is only four times higher), according to a new Mayo Clinic study. The research cites tanning bed use and childhood sunburns as the major culprits in the dramatic increase in melanoma cases. Source).

Still contemplating getting the fairy tat on your left ankle, but fear having it forever? The fashion-forward trendsetters in Japan are rocking a new tattoo trend you won't live to regret: tattoo tights. Just slip 'em on and you can wear Karl Lagerfeld's face on your calf all day and go back to being bare-skinned by bedtime, no commitment (or needles) required. (Source)�

If you're chronically snooze-button late for work, there's a new alarm clock app that might actually do its job: the new Wake N Shake alarm clock requires a vigorous (and we mean calorie-burning, don't-try-this-on-humans vigorous) shake before it'll turn off. Source

"Downton Abbey" super fans, take heed: British department store Marks & Spencer is launching a cosmetics line based on the hit show. Now you can buy candles, soap, lipgloss, and lip balm with the Crowley crest and period-appropriate packaging. (Source)