ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

World's longest hot dog

Okay kiddo, so you know what a hot dog is, right? It’s like a sausage that’s put in a bun with ketchup or mustard or other toppings. Well, imagine making a really, really, REALLY long hot dog - long enough to go on for miles. That’s what people did to make the world's longest hot dog.

First, they took a bunch of sausages and lined them up one after the other, like a train. Then they cooked the sausages until they were nice and hot. After that, they put all the cooked sausages onto one huge bun that was made specially to fit them all.

The bun was so long that it would take a lot of people to hold it up. It was like a huge, long pillow, but made out of bread. They put the sausages inside the bun and added all the toppings like ketchup, mustard and relish that you would normally find on a hot dog.

When they finished making it, they measured it and found out that it was the longest hot dog in the world at that time. People from all over the world were amazed and wanted to see it, so it became a really big deal.

It was all possible because of the creativity and ingenuity of people, and teamwork too. So next time you have a hot dog, think of the amazing things people have done with it, including making the world's longest hot dog!