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If you love spicy food, it may be because it gives you an adrenaline rush, but the preference for spicy food generations ago may have had more to do with geography than simply a deep love of experiencing anything from the hot pepper scale.

We get it, some people just love spicy food! And why not? Spicy food gives any meal an extra dose of flavor, but it also sometimes sets our mouth on fire! You may find your nose is running and you’ve temporarily lost your ability to taste anything but the spice. You can thank the capsaicin.

It seems there are all kinds of varieties of hot peppers, from mild peppers to moderate ones, to peppers that reach the extreme top of the hot pepper scale. It’s believed peppers have been around for thousands of years, but they weren’t widely known about in all corners of the globe.

Some of us like our peppers hot, but some of us dream of peppers that are excruciating hot. We’re talking about peppers that are so hot they leave your mouth watering and your eyes crying for more!