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The Indian military has a new weapon against terrorism: the world's hottest chili.
After conducting tests, the military has decided to use the thumb-sized "bhut jolokia," or "ghost chili," to make tear gas-like hand grenades to immobilize suspects, defense officials said Tuesday.
The bhut jolokia was accepted by Guinness World Records in 2007 as the world's spiciest chili. It is grown and eaten in India's northeast for its taste, as a cure for stomach troubles and a way to fight the crippling summer heat.
It has more than 1,000,000 Scoville units, the scientific measurement of a chili's spiciness. Classic Tabasco sauce ranges from 2,500 to 5,000 Scoville units, while jalapeno peppers measure anywhere from 2,500 to 8,000.
"The chili grenade has been found fit for use after trials in Indian defense laboratories, a fact confirmed by scientists at the Defense Research and Development Organization," Col. R. Kalia, a defense spokesman in the northeastern state of Assam, told The Associated Press.
"This is definitely going to be an effective nontoxic weapon because its pungent smell can choke terrorists and force them out of their hide-outs," R. B. Srivastava, the director of the Life Sciences Department at the New Delhi headquarters of the DRDO said.
Srivastava, who led a defense research laboratory in Assam, said trials are also on to produce bhut jolokia-based aerosol sprays to be used by women against attackers and for the police to control and disperse mobs.The Indian military has a new weapon against terrorism: the world's hottest... more
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This is completely and utterly silly but hey, it's Friday, what the hell...
Nigel Hollingworth, a gardener from Somerset, found his homegrown jalapeno peppers had smiley faces.This is completely and utterly silly but hey, it's Friday, what the hell...... more
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Scientists have developed a pepper that contains more vitamins and antioxidants than any other variety. Just one ACE pepper, named after the vitamins it is rich in, contains the recommended daily intake of vitamin C and half that of A and E. The ACE pepper was discovered in Israel then…Scientists have developed a pepper that contains more vitamins and antioxidants than... more
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This is basically a tear gas grenade, since the CS in tear gas stands for capsicum, which is derived from hot peppers.
Still, with the grades of peppers Indians possess, this sounds painful!This is basically a tear gas grenade, since the CS in tear gas stands for capsicum,... more
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On your mark, get set, eat! Joe Hanson decides to compete with some of the best competitive eaters in the world in a jalapeno-eating contest. Can Joe hold his own or at least hold his nausea at bay? Find out in this Joe Gets... pod.On your mark, get set, eat! Joe Hanson decides to compete with some of the best... more
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Thursday's edition of my three times a week talk show.Watch the show here on CURRENT TV on Tues, Thurs & Sats.
In today's show :
Tissues are standing by.
Mombasa.
I've never had bad neighbours.
Advice on the new rides in Orlando.
Sometimes the translation between languages doesn't quite work out.
My peppers have been eaten.
Where's that bit of paper ?
Fly that plane Robert !
Tea bags on the garden.
Anyone been on a safari ?
We can't be getting up too early on holiday.
Joe's back from Peru.
Too much homework.
Plastic's.
Merlin - making things out of mud.
A shield of snakes.
Bjork.
A Wildebeest and a pregnant Giraffe.
They try very hard.
Teeth Whitening.
A suggestion from Suko.
Justin in concerned.
An accident in the studio.
Spiders everywhere.
Banging on the ceiling.
chris@unitedkingdomtalk.co.uk
WWW.UNITEDKINGDOMTALK.CO.UKThursday's edition of my three times a week talk show.Watch the show here on... more
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An amateur chef died the day after eating a "superhot" chilli in a bet with his friend over who could make the hottest dish, an inquest heard.
Andrew Lee, 33, suffered heart failure the morning after he ate the chilli.
Toxicology tests are now being carried out to see if the fork lift truck driver suffered a fatal reaction to the dish or whether anything else contributed to his death.
Mr Lee, of Edlington, Doncaster was apparently in perfect health and had just passed a medical at work, the opening of the Doncaster hearing was told.
Cooking was one of his main interests and he went to his girlfriend Samantha Bailey's house to make a chilli.
His father John Lee told the inquest: "He had a bet with Samantha's brother who could make the hottest chilli then went back to her house to stay."
Mother-of-four Miss Bailey called the emergency services to her home nine days ago.
Police officers were called to the house after receiving reports of a man suffering a cardiac arrest and Mr Lee was found lying on the floor.
Paramedics failed to revive him and he was pronounced dead at the scene.
A full post-mortem examination is underway and further inquiries are being carried out.
Deputy Doncaster coroner Fred Curtis granted a burial order and adjourned the inquest for further evidence. An amateur chef died the day after eating a "superhot" chilli in a bet with... more
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According to the FDA it is now permissible to eat all kinds of tomatoes. The recent salmonella outbreak has been contained in the tomato industry, however jalapenos and serranos are still at risk for infecting people with salmonella. The elderly and those with weak immune systems are encouraged to stay away from any hot peppers.According to the FDA it is now permissible to eat all kinds of tomatoes. The recent... more
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Oh my God! We don't know where its coming from !!!
It's tomatoes .... no its.... peppers.... wait.....
Don't eat vegetables !!! Hysteria !!! Panic !!! Kill the plants before they kill us !!!
More than 1,000 people now have become ill from salmonella initially linked to raw tomatoes, a sobering milestone Wednesday that makes this the worst foodborne outbreak in at least a decade. Adding to the confusion, the government is warning certain people to avoid types of hot peppers, too.
But people at highest risk of severe illness from salmonella also should not eat raw jalapeno and serrano peppers, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention urged Wednesday. The most vulnerable are the elderly, people with weak immune systems and infants.
Perhaps there was some truth in that move "The Happening".
CDC food safety chief Dr. Robert Tauxe told The Associated Press:
“We are quite sure that neither tomatoes nor jalapenos explain the entire outbreak at this point. ... We’re presuming that both of them have caused illness.”Tauxe said. “But we really are working as hard and as fast as we can to sort out this complicated situation and protect the health of the American people.”
Added FDA food safety chief Dr. David Acheson: “It’s just been a spectacularly complicated and prolonged outbreak.”
The outbreak isn’t over, or even showing any sign of slowing, said Tauxe — with about 25 to 40 cases being a reported a day for weeks now, to a total of 1,017 known since the outbreak began on April 10.
Illnesses now have been reported in 41 states — and even four cases in Canada, although three of those people are believed to have been infected while traveling in the U.S. and the fourth is still being probed.
Oh my God! We don't know where its coming from !!!
It's tomatoes .... no... more
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Scientists have discovered the key to the ability of spicy foods to kill cancer cells is capsaicin, the spicy compound found in hot peppers, triggers cancer cell death by attacking mitochondria - the cells' energy centers. The research raises the possibility that other cancer drugs could be developed to target mitochondria.
All the more reason to add spice to your life!Scientists have discovered the key to the ability of spicy foods to kill cancer cells... more
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