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Originally Posted by that_guy
Did you now that the feeling of spiciness is pain not taste??
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It's a pain reaction to being 'poisoned'. The body is reacting to 'capsaicinoids' which fools the body that it is being poisoned. They are a complex collection of chemicals.
It is the same stuff used in 'capsicum spray'.
Reminded me of a recent incident here in Oz where some dumb private security guards used this spray in a fight in a family court that had an enclosed air conditioning system, causing the evacuation of the entire building! It hadn't been the first time it had occured there either.