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It happened again. A line of hyper and hungry Bears fans started forming outside The Wieners Circle at 5 a.m. Tuesday, despite the bitter 23-degree temperature. It was all in the name of free hot dogs, courtesy of Chicago Bears head coach Ben Johnson, who rose to the hot dog stand’s challenge and took off his shirt after Friday’s win against the Philadelphia Eagles.

At 7 a.m., S. Rosen’s, the longtime bakery on Polk Street, delivered 2,000 hot dog buns. Hours later, at 11 a.m., the doors finally opened and The Wieners Circle staff started handing out free hot dogs and their signature slights.

Only in Chicago does an NFL coach taking off his shirt impact so many lives, laughed Emma Kreis, operations manager at The Wieners Circle.

“But this

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