Your taste buds aren't the only ones getting fooled! The spicy kick from hot peppers isn't actually heat—it's capsaicin tricking your TRPV1 heat receptors into firing "FIRE ALARM! FIRE ALARM!" signals to your brain. Meanwhile, your body temperature hasn't changed one bit. Talk about the ultimate biological prank! Your nervous system is literally getting catfished by a molecule that fits into your heat receptors like a key into a lock. Next time you're sweating over some hot wings, remember you're not actually burning—you're just falling for capsaicin's elaborate chemical lie!
The Chemical Catfishing In Your Hot Sauce

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