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Canadian man eats 135 Carolina reaper peppers in one sitting (www.upi.com)

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Whyyyyyyyyyy

Apparently it's to break a record, but that doesn't really answer the question of why tho

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Guinness stopped recording some records, apparently, because of the increasing health risk in trying to break those records.

If this is a Guinness record he's challenging, I can't see that as a long-term thing.

[–] can 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yep, it's a Guinness World Record

Not only has he set an astonishing record for the fastest time to eat 50 Carolina Reapers (6 min 49.2 sec), but he went on to eat 85 more after finishing his record attempt!

He has a death wish