TRUTHS ABOUT SMELLING THAT WILL MAKE YOU APPRECIATE YOUR NOSE

ELEPHANTS CAN SMELL WATER FROM 12 MILES AWAY!

WHEN BLINDFOLDED, PEOPLE HAVE A HARD TIME

DISTINGUISHING BETWEEN THE SMELL OF

PARMESAN CHEESE AND VOMIT

IN 1987 THE BALTIMORE GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY

SENT OUT SCRATCH AND SNIFF STICKERS WHICH

WERE MEANT TO LET PEOPLE KNOW WHAT GAS LEAKS

SMELLED LIKE. THE STICKERS WORKED SO WELL

THAT PEOPLE ACTUALLY REPORTED FALSE LEAKAGES

(BECAUSE OF THE STICKERS)

THERE ARE BACTERIA ON DOG PAWS THAT MAKE

THEM SMELL LIKE CORN CHIPS. THIS PHENOMENON

IS KNOWN AS "FRITO FEET"

THE VASOR 136 IS A DEVICE THAT TAKES ADVANTAGE

OF BEES' SUPERIOR SENSE OF SMELL. IT BASICALLY

CONTAINS A BUNCH OF BEES AND EACH BEE IS

TRAINED TO IDENTIFY A DIFFERENT STENCH

THE SMELL OF CUT GRASS IS ACTUALLY "PLANT

ANGUISH". WHEN PLANTS ARE ATTACKED, THEY

RELEASE CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS THAT CAN

POTENTIALLY ATTRACT PREDATORS THAT WOULD

FEED ON THEIR ATTACKERS (THE ATTACKERS

ARE USUALLY CATERPILLARS OR SOMETHING

SIMILARLY SMALL)

SCIENTISTS HAVE FOUND THAT BODY ODOUR

MIGHT HELP US FIND MATES. WE TEND TO

PREFER PEOPLE WHO SMELL DIFFERENT FROM US

FARTS GET THEIR SMELL FROM CHEMICALS

SUCH AS SKATOLE AND INDOLE. AT LOW

CONCENTRATIONS THESE COMPOUNDS ACTUALLY

SMELL FLOWERY AND ARE USED IN PERFUME

ONE OF THE "CURES" THAT DOCTORS SUGGESTED

FOR THE BUBONIC PLAQUE WAS FART JARS.

THEY TOLD PEOPLE TO FART INTO JARS AND

THEN TAKE A WHIFF.

MEDICINE HAS COME A LONG WAY