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peppers on the planet. these so-called chili heads get a rush from endorphins released from the body in response to pain. chili heads are people who adopted chili peppers as their hobby. reporter: that is paul bosland, director of the chili pepper institute. he said there is a rising demand for super hot, the hottest in the world, measured in scoville units. the higher the number, the hotter the pepper. a jalepeno, about 10,000 scoville units. a trinidad scorpion up to 2 million. eating a scorpion chili is like being pepper sprayed in your mouth. reporter: peppers so hot you need a gas mask to cook with them. whoa! okay. so why do people do this? we went to see blair lazar, the record holder for making the hottest hot sauce in the world. i think everyone needs to try to feel alive a little bit more.

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