This is a count down of the Top Ten Hottest Chilli Peppers in Existence. Many mistakenly still believe the ghost pepper is the Worlds Hottest. As you can see, it is far from it.\r
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Chillies are graded according to the Scoville scale. Back in 1912, the American pharmacist Wilbur Scoville put his name to a test to indicate the amount of capsaicin in a variety of chilli peppers. Capsaicin is the chemical compound that produces that chareristic heat sensation in the mouth