Cannot Be Unseen: A $70,000 Caviar Eating Contest In Moscow

Categories: Wake Up Call

A Moscow restaurant blew $70,000 on a caviar eating contest. The winner, 49-year-old businessman Alexander Valov, manged to bolt down more than a pound of caviar (500 grams) faster than any of his competitors. How long did he take? Only one minute and 26 seconds.

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Stand back, this isn't Alexander Valov's first rodeo.
His reward? Another 500 grams of caviar, 10,000 rubles ($340) and the knowledge that he sucked down a small bucket of fish eggs.

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