Indian Woman Ate 51 Anti-Terrorist Weapons

As noted in a story earlier today, the Indian military announced that it has successfully weaponized the world's hottest chili - the bhut jolokia.  They claim that when placed in grenades it will be an effective weapon because it will "choke terrorists and force them out of their hide-outs."

Their announcement not surprisingly did not mention the fact that last year an Indian woman, Anadita Dutta Tamuly, entered the Guiness Book of Records by eating 51 of those famous peppers.  After the completion of her dietary feat, Ms. Tamuly then smeared handfuls of the seeds into her eyes.

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I wonder if she has some genetic trait that gives her "immunity" to capsiacin, in a similar way to how some people are not affected by poison ivy, or if there is some similar explanation of her ability? Any thoughts out there...?
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Coldfish, it's not masochism unless there is pain or some unpleasantness associated with the experience; if you read the article, she indicates that she enjoys eating these chilis, and has since childhood. It seems obvious that she simply is not sensitive to them, as Snappy Fish suggested. She may lack a receptor or some mediating pathway component.
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I don't know. A world record of 51? Are they big chilis? Maybe they still upset her stomach at some point, but that seems like a low record if she has no sensitivity to them.

Still, though. She's hard. Real hard.
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