Yeah - it's real ... and the bhut jolokia pepper it's made with is HOT ... I forget how many million Scoville units it rates, but it's up there ... saw people eatin' 'em on Food Network, and one guy looked like he was gonna pass out ... interesting li'l grenade ... nice color, too ... good in curry, too ...

http://www.ananova.com/News/story/sm_3718695.html

well don't plug it into the usb port by mistake!

we can't blow them up anymore,we have to use pepper spray now?

Lol, i almost died laughing myself when I read that on Yahoo the other day, I can't believe people are actually weaponizing pepper in this way. I guess it would be a pretty effective non-lethal force restraint. I'm sure one wiff of that stuff and you'd be stopped dead in your tracks.

history reveals that red chili pepper was being used for self defense in ancient India and China. In ancient India, it was not as popular as it was in China. Chinese people and even warriors had their own innovative method of using this spice; and it included wrapping grounded cayenne in rice papers so that they could throw it at the faces of their enemies, opponents, or intruders. It was accepted as a weapon of choice for self defense because of its ability to incapacitate a person temporarily. A secret martial art society of people in ancient Japan called the Ninjas has been using grounded pepper for disabling their opponents for a long time. Historical evidence reveals that in the Tukagawa Empire era in Japan, the police used a weapon called the "metsubishi." Metsubishi was, basically, a box consisting of chili pepper and the police used to use this box for blowing hot pepper into the eyes of people who were found guilty of some crime. There is even historical evidence of the use of chilies in Mexico that dates back to 7000 BC. According to the evidence collected, Mexican Indians were cultivating peppers in 5500 BC. Some of the types of pepper grown during that time include chiltecpin, jalape–o, ancho, paprika, serrano, cayenne pepper, as well as bell pepper in different colors. The fact about whether they used these different peppers for self defense or as weapons of defense during those times is unknown. Some of the more recent examples of the use of pepper as a weapon can be dated back to the 14th and 15th century when slavery was rampant.

Chili pepper was used not only as a weapon of self defense but also for treating wounds and during torture. As a matter of fact, pepper became a popular method for torturing people, criminals, and slaves. It was only in the 1980's that pepper began being used as pepper spray and became a legalized non-lethal weapon. Law enforcement agencies also recognized pepper spray as a non-lethal weapon capable of incapacitating just about anyone. This was also the time when the postal workers started using pepper sprays against dogs and other pets....

http://ushotstuff.com/PepperSprayHistory.htm