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Ant smell (mander.xyz)

submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 112 points 2 months ago (76 children)

Wait, is that true? Is someone able to smell ants?

[–] [email protected] 114 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (51 children)

There are lots of weird genetic traits. Sneezing triggered by sunlight is another funny one.

Veritasium video on that one:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e69XZJ9DEj0

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

That'd be me. Nobody else I know does it, either. I try to explain it and they're like "yeah, I try to look up at a light to help sneeze" and that's just not it.

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