Watch a 9-year-old Scottish kid eat the world’s hottest chili pepper

You've been good all week, reading wonky stuff about Greek debt and the Iran nuclear deal. But you made it. It's Friday.

Your reward is this: a video of a 9-year-old Scottish kid eating the world's hottest chili pepper.

The pepper in question is called the "Carolina Reaper," and it packs 1.5 million Scoville Heat Units (SHU) of body-punishing burn. (For comparison, original Tabasco measures between 2,500 and 5,000 SHUs.) 

Eating a Carolina Reaper on camera is not an original idea. There are plenty of videos on YouTube of people eating the Carolina Reaper, and the folks at Buzzfeed did it just a few days ago. 

What makes this video special? The ending.

 

Poor kid. Nothing disappears from the internet.

So there you go. Happy weekend. 

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