Professor invents red hot chilli meter

This could take the fun out of second guessing how hot a chilli is before taking a bite. " Professor Richard Compton of the University of Oxford has been experimenting with the world's hottest pepper...

Prisoners use chillies to break out of jail

"Eighteen Indonesian prisoners broke out of jail using an unusual weapon - the chilli pepper. Prisoners at Pematang Sinatar jail in Sumatra mixed hot chillies with water in plastic bottles to spray at guards."