325 - Olefactory

325 - Olefactory

I was reading 'We Are Nature' today by Ray Mears. He pointed out that it's been discovered that humans have a much better sense of smell than previously believed. We can identify trillions of different smells, and if we train our brains to focus more on scent we can become extremely skilled at sniffing things out.

BBC news article about the discovery...

Today I took a deep inhalation of kimchi from the fresh jar in my cupboard. Umami.

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