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Hakeem Olajuwon apparently ate a lot of chicken nuggets in one sitting. USATSI/CBS Sports Illustration

Hakeem Olajuwon didn't just destroy the Denver Nuggets on the basketball court (career averages of 23.4 points and 11.6 rebounds). He was destroying chicken nuggets off the court. During a five-hour commercial shoot early in his career with the Houston Rockets, Olajuwon was eating chicken nuggets from McDonald's during his on-camera work. But he wasn't spitting them out after every take. He was just hunkering down, eating nuggets for the entire time.

According to an old newspaper clipping provided by Greg Rajan of the Houston Chronicle, Olajuwon put down 100 chicken nuggets during this time (via Uproxx). Producers of the commercial shoot were worried about Olajuwon overdosing on nuggets but the Hall of Famer wanted to keep going because he liked them so much.

This is definitely more impressive than Wilt Chamberlain's 100 points in a game.