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The World Has a New Hottest Chili Pepper

Pepper X is the latest from the creator of the Carolina Reaper

(Newser) - The Carolina Reaper has been dethroned as the world's hottest pepper after 10 years by the man who created it. The Guinness Book of World Records says the new hottest pepper is the Pepper X, grown by South Carolina pepper expert Ed Currie. Guinness says that in lab tests,...

Extremely Hot Chili Triggers Brain Condition

Man ended up in the hospital after chili-eating contest

(Newser) - Some extremely hot chili peppers can cause a lot of discomfort. The Carolina Reaper can put you in a medical journal. A study published in the BMJ looks at the case of a 34-year-old man who developed "thunderclap headaches" after consuming just one of the incredibly hot peppers at...

World's Hottest Pepper Wreaks Havoc on Middle School

Carolina Reapers sicken more than two dozen students in Indiana

(Newser) - The inventor of the Carolina Reaper—the world's hottest pepper—describes it as "kind of like eating molten lava." "That's the best way to put it," he tells PRI . So you can only imagine what happened when a batch of Reapers made their way...

This Is Earth's Hottest Pepper
 This Is Earth's Hottest Pepper 
Dec 27, 2013 7:35 AM CST

This Is Earth's Hottest Pepper

...according to Guinness, and it's grown in the US

(Newser) - The Carolina Reaper has taken the title of world's hottest pepper, after a four-year quest to do just that. The Guinness Book of World Records in November handed the honor to Ed Currie, who grows the fire-engine red peppers in South Carolina. The move followed 2012 testing at Winthrop...

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