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Stuff You Should Know

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Society & Culture

4.6 • 79.3K Ratings

🗓️ 20 February 2021

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Born and raised in South America, chilis were the earliest crop domesticated in the continent and among the first items brought back to Europe by Columbus. Today people are really, really into them. Find out all about 'em in this classic episode.

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0:00.0	There's so much news happening around the world that we're somehow supposed to stay on top of.
0:05.7	That's why we launched The Big Take.
0:08.3	It's a daily podcast from Bloomberg and I Heart Radio that turns down the volume a bit
0:14.0	to give you some space to think.
0:16.4	I'm Wes Kosova.
0:17.7	Each weekday I dig into one important story and talk about why it matters.
0:23.6	Listen to The Big Take on The I Heart Radio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen.
0:31.0	Hi everybody, Chuck here, happy Saturday.
0:34.0	Do you want to know how chili peppers work?
0:36.5	Because we did, and we learned this is from September 10th, 2015.
0:41.3	How chili peppers work?
0:42.8	It's hot stuff.
0:50.2	Welcome to Stuff You Should Know.
0:52.1	A production of I Heart Radio.
0:59.6	Hey and welcome to The Podcast.
1:01.1	I'm Josh Clark, through his Charles W. Chuck Bryant and Jerry, and that makes this Stuff You Should Know.
1:09.1	I was so gonna quote the red hot chili peppers at the band.
1:13.5	They apparently use them at Guantanamo Bay that torch with prisoners.
1:19.1	Really?
1:20.1	Yeah, that surprises me.
1:21.7	I know.
1:22.7	Usually it's like, I've heard of stories like that, but usually it's some kind of dark metal
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