9-year-old eats world's hottest chili pepper, immediately regrets life

 By 
Neha Prakash
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What does regret look like? This kid's face.

A 9-year-old Scottish boy decided to set his intestinal tract on fire by eating a Carolina Reaper pepper for the amusement of YouTube. Within seconds of ingesting the world's hottest chili pepper -- known to be 1,569,300 on the Scoville scale -- he starts tearing up and chugging milk, while the kid's grandfather questions his intelligence.

Looks like he learned his lesson, though:

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