spicy Mike Jack takes hot sauce consumption world record Popkin

gardening New world's hottest chili is more pungent than police pepper spray David Pescovitz

spicy Sean Evans of "Hot Ones" talks to Smokin' Ed Currie, the "Michael Jordan of hot chilies" Gareth Branwyn

spicy Applebees to sell bbq chicken wing flavored lip gloss Jason Weisberger

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ice cream That's hot: why every food seems to have a spicy version Annie Rauwerda

boston Dunkin Donuts releases new Spicy Ghost Pepper Donut, and actual humans are eating it Thom Dunn

Science How chili peppers evolved to be so hot, explained while eating one Thom Dunn

Vintage Weird Editorial guidelines from Spicy Detective magazine, 1935 Mark Frauenfelder

movies First look at Denis Villeneuve's Dune movie Rob Beschizza

Food How 700,000 bottles of Tabasco are made every day David Pescovitz

music Enjoy these delightful piano lessons from Mikael Jorgensen of Wilco David Pescovitz

spicy Apartment complex evacuated due to microwaved hot pepper David Pescovitz

Food Watch a Brief History of Sriracha David Pescovitz

victorian era How a teenage diarist scandalized the nation in 1902 with a thirsty Victorian memoir Ellsworth Toohey

politics Deep state somehow forces Hegseth to fire his own allies, share war plans with family Ellsworth Toohey

Ancient tax cheats got fed to leopards, new scroll reveals Ellsworth Toohey

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