• M137@lemmy.world
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    15 hours ago

    “they’ll each other out”

    How has no one commented on this?

  • shalafi@lemmy.world
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    18 hours ago

    We mammals, and only we mammals, have nerve receptors capsaicin triggers. Birds don’t have such receptors. They happily chow peppers and poop the whole seeds all over.

    Meanwhile, we mammals, who are supposed to hate the heat because we grind the seeds to death, have happily bred hotter and hotter peppers and spread them all over the planet.

    I know of no such evolutionary win-win as peppers have pulled off. Genius.

  • hOrni@lemmy.world
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    11 hours ago

    According to this theory, if I make Buldag ramen using boiling Listerine, it will be tasteless.

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    24 hours ago

    Years ago I did a different version: getting out of a very hot jacuzzi then jumping into a snow bank. 'Worth a try. Once.

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    15 hours ago

    This is not new and it does work to some extent. Back in highschool my buddies and I used to cheat at hot wings challenges by chewing a few cough drops first.

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      5 hours ago

      In a very traditional Afghan restaurant I used to frequent, if you ordered something really spicy, they’d bring you these small mint drops afterwards to chew on, no extra charge. Worked very well for me.

  • Asafum@feddit.nl
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    24 hours ago

    News: A recent Internet trend has people forming hurricanes in their mouths!