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Originally Posted by Urzu 7
Pure extract of ghost chilis are dangerous to people. If you took even less than a single drop, you'd have a trip to the hospital and it'd damage tissue in your mouth. They use tiny amounts of the extract to spice up large vats of sauces, salsas, etc.
You'd be in quite some trouble from eating a tiny bit of a raw ghost chili pepper, too. I dunno if you'd have to go to a hospital for it, but you'd be suffering a lot from it.
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Speaking about "hot" scales -- I learned about this from Majikoi and thought it was very amusing. Apparently the unit of measurement for spiciness is the "Scoville"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scoville_scale