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STRANGE DEATHS

US Tortilla chip manufacturer Paqui have withdrawn their “One Chip Challenge” product following the death of 14-year-old Harris Wolobah. One Chip Challenge is a single tortilla chip, made with the legendarily fiery Carolina Reaper chilli. It is sold for $10 in a sealed foil pouch enclosed in a coffin shaped box, with a warning saying the chip is for “vengeful pleasure of intense heat and pain”. It has formed the basis for a viral social media stunt in.

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