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Capsaicin tricks your brain into thinking it's on fire, and you ask for more.
means The hot-tasting pod of the Capsicum plant, used fresh or dried as a food and spice.
from From Nahuatl 'chīlli', the Aztec word for the pepper, carried into Spanish as 'chile' and from there into English. The double-l British/Australian spelling 'chilli' is a later variant alongside American 'chili' and the botanical 'chile' — all tracing back to that same Nahuatl root, with no real connection to the country Chile, despite the popular mix-up.
- pain receptor
- triggers the same nerve as actual heat
- scoville scale
- named after a man who literally taste tested dilution
- endorphin rush
- burn releases natural painkillers, hence the high
- bird immunity
- birds can't feel the heat, helping seeds spread