Average pepper mass7 thousandths kg
2.8 millionthsPickup trucks
156 millionthsGrocery carts
About 7 grams per pepper
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Carolina Reaper Pepper
2.2 million Scoville units of pure regret/Food & Drinks
The Carolina Reaper held the Guinness World Record for hottest pepper at an average of 1.64 million Scoville Heat Units, with individual specimens reaching 2.2 million SHU. It was bred by Ed Currie of PuckerButt Pepper Company in South Carolina. Eating one raw has been described as 'licking the surface of the sun,' which is unfair to the sun, since the sun is only 5,778 K.
Measurements
Length5 hundredths m
820 millionthsHockey rink lengths
83.3 millionAspirin molecules
3.2 tenthsDollar bills
Roughly 5 cm with the signature scorpion tail
Width3.5 hundredths m
1.4 tenthsiPad heights
1.2 tenthsAnt hill heights
3.18Shirt buttons
About 3.5 cm at the widest point
Caloric energy1,172 J
280 billionthsTons of TNT
21.7 sextillionATP molecules
About 0.28 kcal per pepper; the pain is free
Capsaicin equivalent temperature sensation5,778 K
29.7Dry ice surfaces
18.5Cat body temperatures
20.3Beer cellar temps
Metaphorical - 2.2M SHU; actual surface of the sun is 5,778 K
Capsaicin content150 millionths kg
25 billionthsAfrican elephants
5 millionthsLabrador retrievers
186 quadrillionthsGolden Gate Bridge masses
Roughly 150 mg of capsaicin per pepper