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DennisN said:
I saw an absolutely fascinating video some time ago.
It's a tour of a modern nuclear submarine (US), including when it it traveling and navigating below the ice sheet in the Arctic. I also thought it was very interesting to hear various members of the crew getting interviewed. And it's interesting from a technological viewpoint too, of course, submarines are quite impressive vehicles.
Another fascinating video from the same channel and about the same submarine:

How to Surface a Submarine in the Arctic Ocean - Smarter Every Day 260
 
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How to Surface a Submarine in the Arctic Ocean - Smarter Every Day 260
Oh my goodness. Is there some subset of that 42 minute video that maximizes the ratio of informativity per unit time?
 
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Anyone into very spicy food?

I just saw a funny video where the two spice-eating legends Chili Klaus (Denmark) and Sean Evans (US) try the second hottest pepper in the world, the Carolina Reaper with a Scoville scale of 1'569'300 (no 1 is a pepper called Pepper X). The two fellows are very used to hot food, and their reactions are a testament of the potency of these little beasts of fruit. :smile:

Sean Evans and Chili Klaus Eat the Carolina Reaper, the World's Hottest Chili Pepper
 
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I used to like hot foods a lot, but not so much now. Maybe I've burned out a bit.
My son carries on the tradition of liking hot foods, which my Dad also had.

I find these heat rating systems interesting. Its like psychophysics (measuring internal sensory responses to know chemical/physical conditions). Thus, a quantitative relationships between the physical world and the psychological world of internal sensation.
The Scoville measurement involves diluting until not senseable.

Chemical/physical measurements of specific chemicals might be misleading, due to assumptions about the chemical nature of the molecules responsible for the "heat".
I read about one of the new peppers that was studied a few years ago. It had a different taste and caused people's tongues to vibrate.
Could be a different chemical working via different pharmacological mechanisms.
 
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DennisN said:
Anyone into very spicy food?

I just saw a funny video where the two spice-eating legends Chili Klaus (Denmark) and Sean Evans (US) try the second hottest pepper in the world, the Carolina Reaper with a Scoville scale of 1'569'300 (no 1 is a pepper called Pepper X). The two fellows are very used to hot food, and their reactions are a testament of the potency of these little beasts of fruit. :smile:

Sean Evans and Chili Klaus Eat the Carolina Reaper, the World's Hottest Chili Pepper


I used to be a connoisseur of hot sauce, of sorts.

Today, I still eat a lot of spicy foods, and consistently use Tabasco, Sriracha, Valentina, and now Frank's RedHot, that I pretty much just slather on anything, and always have on hand. But I don't get into the really, really hot stuff like I used to.

You'll notice in the video there is a bottle of Mad Dog 357 on the table. That stuff is very hot, but the company had released a much, much hotter version called "Mad Dog 357, Silver Collector's Addition" that boasted 6 million Scoville units. It comes with a (decorative) bullet, and I had to sign a waiver to buy a couple bottles. I still have a spare, unopened bottle, just in case.
HotSauce.jpg


I stopped using the really, really hot stuff though, after one time where I inadvertently, albeit temporarily (maybe a few minutes), lost all feeling in my feelings (and various body parts too).
 
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collinsmark said:
I used to be a connoisseur of hot sauce, of sorts.

Today, I still eat a lot of spicy foods, and consistently use Tabasco, Sriracha, Valentina, and now Frank's RedHot, that I pretty much just slather on anything, and always have on hand. But I don't get into the really, really hot stuff like I used to.

You'll notice in the video there is a bottle of Mad Dog 357 on the table. That stuff is very hot, but the company had released a much, much hotter version called "Mad Dog 357, Silver Collector's Addition" that boasted 6 million Scoville units. It comes with a (decorative) bullet, and I had to sign a waiver to buy a couple bottles. I still have a spare, unopened bottle, just in case.
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I stopped using the really, really hot stuff though, after one time where I inadvertently, albeit temporarily (maybe a few minutes), lost all feeling in my feelings (and various body parts too).

Blair's 16 Million Reserve - pure crystalized capsaicin
https://www.chilliworld.com/blairs-16-million-reserve

You don't actually adjust to hot hot hot. You are really just damaging the sensors in your mouth.
 
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nsaspook said:

Well someone sure put their bigfoot in their mouth.

Hey honey, let's scare the bejeezuz out of the kids with this costume. They will forget all about the cake! They'll just be glad to be alive. Then we yell, Happy Birthday!
 
Ivan Seeking said:
Blair's 16 Million Reserve - pure crystalized capsaicin
https://www.chilliworld.com/blairs-16-million-reserve

You don't actually adjust to hot hot hot. You are really just damaging the sensors in your mouth.

​

Capsaicin Toxicity (LD50)​


The median lethal dose (LD50) for Capsaicin is 47.2 mg per kglb *
*Input desired mass in the textbox above to scale the results. Value is measured via oral route in mouse(s).
https://www.aatbio.com/resources/toxicity-lethality-median-dose-td50-ld50/capsaicinWhen you bite into a ghost pepper, your mouth feels heat in the most extreme way. ... Yes, you could die from ingesting ghost peppers. In fact, researchers have determined a 150-pound (68-kilogram) person would need to eat 3 pounds (1.3 kilograms) of dried and powdered capsaicin-rich peppers like the ghost pepper to die.Aug 11, 2015
https://health.howstuffworks.com/food-nutrition/can-ghost-peppers-kill.htm

The human body quickly reacts to the capsaicin, expelling excess in the urine. Another study, done in 1980, concluded that a dose of pure capsaicin would have to be approximately 13 grams to be lethal to a 150 pound person
https://happynews.com/article/how-many-scoville-units-does-it-take-to-kill-a-person/
 
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BillTre said:
I used to like hot foods a lot

collinsmark said:
I used to be a connoisseur of hot sauce, of sorts.
I also like hot food, particularly Indian dishes, but I just eat "medium" hot dishes. I don't do well with the really hot dishes. :smile:
 
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DennisN said:
I also like hot food, particularly Indian dishes, but I just eat "medium" hot dishes. I don't do well with the really hot dishes. :smile:
Like my cousin used to say after a reckless pepper orgy, "Fire in the hole!" I used to load up on the hottest peppers like a madman. But eventually the pain the next day was too great. :))
 
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Ivan Seeking said:
Like my cousin used to say after a reckless pepper orgy, "Fire in the hole!" I used to load up on the hottest peppers like a madman. But eventually the pain the next day was too great. :))
And how did he name a urinary tract infection? Fire in the hose?
 
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fresh_42 said:
And how did he name a urinary tract infection? Fire in the hose?
That reminds me of the Mexican fireman with two kids. He named them Jose and Hose B.
 
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Also Sprach Koncrete Bloch

 
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Ivan Seeking said:
It was cool to find this original version of David Bowie singing Space Oddity.


I'm holding out for the Shatner version.
 
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