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Waft it in, because these are the best smells in the world, so say the masses (20 GIFs)

by: Bob

In: Humanity, Interesting, Mind Blowing, Too True

May 8, 2024

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Wet soil

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The human nose can smell the composition of rain in the soil as low as 5 parts per trillion. Which 200,000x more powerful than a sharks ability to smell blood in the ocean.

O³ and C¹²H²²O specifically in the rain causes the smell referred to as petrichor.

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