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Man creates 125-pound hot dog

Would you like 100 pounds of fries with that? Food fan Brett Enright created a 125-pound hot dog at the Miami-Dade County Fair in Florida last week. If Guinness record officials verify that the weight is correct, it will be named the largest hot dog in the world! Enright, the owner of a restaurant called Juicy's Outlaw Grill in Oregon, had to have a 30-metre (100-foot) mobile grill brought into the fair on a tractor trailer to cook the hot dog on! He enjoyed it so much that he said he hopes someone breaks his record so he can do it again, even though it cost about $1,000 to produce. "There's a guy in Chicago who had the previous hot dog record. I'm hoping he comes back and beats this so we can turn around and make an even bigger hot dog!" After taking photographs with the super-sized treat, it was cut up into small pieces and sold for $1 per piece. A portion of the sales was donated to the Miami Rescue Mission, which provides meals for the homeless.

This harness helps disabled children walk

An Irish mother has designed a revolutionary harness that allows children with disabilities who cannot walk the chance to see what life is like on their feet. Debby Elnatan's son, Rotan, has cerebral palsy, a movement disorder that affects the development of muscles. It makes it very difficult for children to learn how to walk, and when they do learn they may need a walker or forearm crutches. Elnatan was told that Rotan had no idea what his legs are when he was two years old, which was very hard for her to hear.

So, to help make Rotan more aware of his legs she came up with the Firefly Upsee Harness. The child is placed inside the harness which is then wrapped around the adult's waist. Their feet are slipped into straps that are attached to another set of straps that wrap around the adult's feet. Whenever the adult takes a step forward, the child does too! For three months 20 families all over the world have been testing out the harness including the Stacy Warden and her five-year-old son Noah. Noah has spastic quadriplegic cerebral palsy which means he can't sit, crawl, stand, walk, or feed himself- but the Upsee could change a lot of that. With the Upsee Noah can now support most of his weight on his legs and has started moving his legs in walking motions when he wants to move forward. He can even give his younger brother a face-to-face hug! Warden hopes that the Upsee will eventually teach Noah to walk on his own. The Upsee will go on sale all over the world beginning on April 7 and will cost about $540. It will fit children between three and eight years old.

Meet Betty Simpson, the Instagramma!

Eighty-year-old Great Grandma Betty Simpson, the Instagramma! Simpson has cancer and shortly after she was diagnosed her great-grandson Zach Belden, 18, created an Instagram account to update their family on how Simpson is doing. Not long after Belden created the account on January 3 other people who didn't know his great-grandmother started following her account.

Now more than 240,000 people follow 'grandmabetty33' to stay updated on how she's doing and give her words of encouragement. "The idea was to start an account for my friends who know Grandma Betty," Belden said. "And it turned out to be something everybody started to enjoy. I'm glad I get to share her story because I want to remember her forever."

Photos of Simpson posted on the account include one of her sticking out her blue tongue with the caption, "Guess who's at the cancer doctor eating blue candy?" Another photo shows her puckering up and making a peace sign with her fingers. There are also several videos of Belden interviewing her asking her how she enjoyed being on TV and what she thinks of having so many followers. Simpson says she feels like a celebrity every time she gets a new follower and has no problem dancing to celebrate!