TIL The human nose can detect over 1 trillion different scents? This is because the human nose contains around 400 different types of scent receptors, which allow us to distinguish between a wide range of smells. smithsonianmag.com Submitted by theythatspeak t3_zt7wzj on December 23, 2022 at 6:00 AM in todayilearned 26 comments 85
Orbeef t1_j1cl0r6 wrote on December 23, 2022 at 8:14 AM Reply to comment by Plonsky2 in TIL The human nose can detect over 1 trillion different scents? This is because the human nose contains around 400 different types of scent receptors, which allow us to distinguish between a wide range of smells. by theythatspeak Not if you bathe. Permalink Parent 3
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