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== In popular culture == | == In popular culture == | ||
[[File:Capsicum -Chili - Peperoncino - Il Viagra Calabrese - Calabria - Italy - July 17th 2013 - 02.jpg|thumb|[[Peperoncino]] chilies in Italy, advertised as an [[aphrodisiac]] | [[File:Capsicum -Chili - Peperoncino - Il Viagra Calabrese - Calabria - Italy - July 17th 2013 - 02.jpg|thumb|[[Peperoncino]] chilies in Italy, advertised as an [[aphrodisiac]] ]] | ||
The 16th century Spanish missionary and naturalist [[José de Acosta]] noted the supposed [[aphrodisiac]] power of chilies, but wrote that they were harmful to people's [[spiritual health]]. In the 1970s, the government of Peru forbade prison inmates to consume chilies, their explanation being that these were "not appropriate for men forced to live a limited lifestyle." | The 16th century Spanish missionary and naturalist [[José de Acosta]] noted the supposed [[aphrodisiac]] power of chilies, but wrote that they were harmful to people's [[spiritual health]]. In the 1970s, the government of Peru forbade prison inmates to consume chilies, their explanation being that these were "not appropriate for men forced to live a limited lifestyle." | ||