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"I was still hungry" Man breaks World Record, eating 50 carolina reaper peppers

Mike Jack of Canada has broken the record for consuming the most amount of Carolina reaper peppers, the world’s hottest pepper with 1.64m Scoville heat units. Mike consumed 50 peppers, in 6 minutes and 49.2 seconds and went on to eat 135 peppers in total ! But how does one prepare for such as task, is it dangerous and what explains the popularity of competitive chili pepper eating? Guinness World Record Holder Mike Jack joined Sean to discuss.

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15.11 6 Oct 2023

"I was still hungry"...

"I was still hungry" Man breaks World Record, eating 50 carolina reaper peppers

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15.11 6 Oct 2023

Mike Jack of Canada has broken the record for consuming the most amount of Carolina reaper peppers, the world’s hottest pepper with 1.64m Scoville heat units. Mike consumed 50 peppers, in 6 minutes and 49.2 seconds and went on to eat 135 peppers in total !

But how does one prepare for such as task, is it dangerous and what explains the popularity of competitive chili pepper eating?

Guinness World Record Holder Mike Jack joined Sean to discuss.

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