The bhut jolokia is, at over 1,000,000 Scoville units, the hottest pepper on the planet. (That’s about twice as hot as a habanero, or twenty times hotter than a cayenne; a jalapeno clocks in between 2,500 and 8,000.)

So it just makes sense that India would turn it into a weapon, right?

Incidentally, there’s a joint in San Antonio where you can get some on a hamburger.