Did you know…Actor William Shatner holds the world Chilli Pepper Eating Record, having consumed 37 brutally hot Red Savina peppers in just one minute during a 1966 contest organised by TV producer Gene Rodenberry. It was this remarkable …stamina that ultimately gained him the role of Captain Kirk in Star Trek; his predecessor, Jeffrey Hunter, had managed a measly four peppers before giving up, casting doubts on his ability to play the sort of man who would have sex with a different alien species every week.
