If you're gearing up for a chili cook-off, here's some news you can use: Researchers at New Mexico State University recently announced their discovery of the world's hottest chili pepper.

Bhut Jolokia, a pepper native to Assam, India, claimed the Guinness World Records award after blazing by the previous chili pepper champion, Red Savina. Weighing in at one million Scoville heat units (SHU), Bhut Jolokia is almost twice as hot as Red Savina, which measures a mere 577,000 SHU.

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