18. Eating

Believe it or not, eating copious amounts of food as quickly as possible has become a legitimate sport – and it’s a sport that can make it successful competitors a lot of money.

MajorLeagueEating.com has a bunch of events listed and you’ll find many with prizes of thousands of dollars – but you’ll need to be ready to ward off some tough competition to win. Peter Czerwinski – a successful competitive eater known as “Furious Pete” – can devour a raw onion in 43.53 seconds and fifteen hamburgers in just ten minutes.