THE TRUTH ABOUT SMELLING THAT WILL MAKE YOU APPRECIATE YOUR NOSE

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