The world's hottest pepper has been chosen and it is South Carolina's "Carolina Reaper," a waxy red capsicum the size of a golf ball.
The Guinness Book of World Records said farmer Ed Currie's pepper is the fieriest in the world, measuring an average of 1,569,300 Scoville Units.
In comparison, a jalapeno meaures about 5,000 to 8,000 Scoville Units. Zero is bland porridge.
It's even 200,000 units hotter than pepper spray's measure, meaning that you could probably used the peppers as grenades in warfare.
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