THE TRUTH ABOUT SMELLING THAT WILL MAKE YOU APPRECIATE YOUR NOSE
Added on: 29th Nov 2016
THE CHEMICALS THAT GIVE ORANGES AND
LEMONS THEIR SMELL ARE ALL BUT THE
SAME (THEY ARE ONLY MIRROR IMAGES),
BUT OUR NOSES ARE SENSITIVE ENOUGH
TO TELL THEM APART
MEAT FROM NON-CASTRATED PIGS SMELLS
REALLY BAD. THIS PHENOMENON, KNOWN AS
"BOAR TAINT" MEANS THAT NEARLY 95% OF
MALE PIGS END UP BEING CASTRATED
PSYCHOPATHS TEND TO HAVE A DECREASED
SENSE OF SMELL DUE TO MALFUNCTIONING
IN THE FRONTAL PART OF THE BRAIN
THE "OLD PEOPLE SMELL" IS CAUSED BY A
CHEMICAL KNOWN AS 2-NONENAL. THIS
SAME CHEMICAL IS RESPONSIBLE FOR
THE CARDBOARD TASTE OF STALE BEER
YOUR NOSTRILS TAKE TURNS BREATHING.
IN SOMETHING CALLED THE NOSTRIL CYCLE,
ONE OF YOUR NOSTRILS WILL BE MORE
OPEN FOR A PERIOD OF TIME AFTER
WHICH THEY WILL SWITCH
COFFEE SMELLS DIFFERENT THAN IT TASTES
BECAUSE NEARLY HALF OF THE MORE THAN
600 CHEMICALS THAT FORM ITS FLAVOUR
ARE ALMOST IMMEDIATELY DESTROYED
BY OUR SALIVA
PUTTING DRY TEA BAGS IN YOUR SHOES OVERNIGHT
WILL ABSORB SOME OF THEIR BAD ODOUR
EAST ASIANS (JAPAN, KOREA, CHINA), HAVE
LESS SWEAT GLANDS THAN OTHER GROUPS
OF PEOPLE. THIS MAKES THEM LESS PRONE
TO BODY ODOUR
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