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plants invented pain to repel pests, and we built empires chasing the burn
chemical defensecapsaicin evolved to deter mammals from eating peppers
worth goldblack pepper once paid Roman ransoms and rents
trade warsnations sailed, conquered, and died for nutmeg
no flavorchili heat is pain receptors, not taste
birds winbirds feel no capsaicin and spread pepper seeds freely