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The Caliente Report
Another example of fake news
Confusion and controversy erupted in scientific circles worldwide today when it was announced that the results from a long-running scientific study showed that jalapeno eaters have more active sex lives than people who never eat jalapenos.
Not surprisingly, it was a very hot topic on social media as people, both informed and uniformed, fiercely debated the veracity of the report as well as its origins. It seems the report was issued by Caliente University, which, after a quick Google search, proved not to exist.
While some are still debating the results of the study, others are digging into research on who might have put forth this fake news. Russian hackers were quickly ruled out but Mexican hackers remain suspect as well as clandestine workers of Pace Foods, an American picante company that uses over 25 million pounds of jalapenos a year in its products (they did not respond to our never-sent inquiries). Still others were convinced that it was all just a practical joke played by some horny salsa freak.
Early reports show that jalapeno sales in the U. S. have nearly quadrupled.
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