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What Makes Food Spicy? | Science Podcast for kids
Spicy food isn't actually hot. There are no flames, no sparks, and nothing burning in your mouth at all — and yet your eyes water, your face turns red, and you start desperately fanning your tongue like a penguin trying to take off. In this episode, Charlie digs into the brilliant, bizarre science behind what spice really is, why your brain gets completely fooled, and how a single tiny molecule inside a chilli pepper has been outwitting mammals for thousands of years.What You Will Learn in This EpisodeThis episode covers how a chemical called capsaicin works, why it tricks your brain's heat…
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