New record for world’s hottest pepper: Bhut Jolokia

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Chile heads rejoice! Recent tests have confirmed that there is a new “world’s hottest chile pepper” : the Bhut Jolokia. Clocking in at a whopping 1,001,304 scovilles, it’s 100 times hotter than a jalapeño. This is good news both for mouth masochists looking for the ultimate burn, but also for food producers who will be able to produce the same amount of chile burn as an additive with far fewer chile peppers. (NMSU photo by Darren Phillips)

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Originally posted by Mark Frauenfelder from Boing Boing

Calculate your emergency-fund needs

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Banking site Bankrate.com has a simple table you can use to calculate how much money to sock away for emergencies.

Emergency funds are like hard drive backups: Everyone knows they should have one, but few people do. Bankrate recommends creating a special account that you don’t touch, except to pad it with 3-6 months’ worth of expenses. Which only makes sense: If you were in a car accident or something and couldn’t work for a few months, the last thing you’d want to worry about is paying the electric bill.

We’ve looked at other emergency fund recommendations in the past, but it’s hard to beat Bankrate’s super-simple calculation table. Haven’t started an emergency fund yet? There’s no time like the present.

Originally from Lifehacker

Find Misspelled Listings on eBay

[ebay] Find Misspelled Listings on eBay‘Imagine being able to find listings on eBay which attract very few bids by the end of the auction… Why so few bids? Quite simply because the listing contains misspellings and therefore couldn’t be found by using any search tool.’ [via meish.org]

Originally posted by darren from LinkMachineGo