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A woman in New Mexico tried to escape from jail guards using baby powder, cocoa butter and lots of socks, deputies said. Anita Rachel Thomas (20) was able to wriggle out of leg irons because she was wearing six pairs of socks, authorities said. She used cocoa butter to slide the leg irons and handcuffs from around her ankles and wrists.

Paul Bosland recalls taking a bite of a chilli pepper and feeling like he was breathing fire. He gulped down a soda, thinking, ”That chilli has got to be some kind of record.” The Guinness Book of World Records agreed, confirming recently that Bosland, a regents professor at New Mexico State University, had discovered the world’s hottest chilli pepper.