Ahem, quoth Cracked...
Taste and smell receptors don't just exist in your face. For the past decade or so, scientists have been discovering, to their surprise, that these specialized cells are actually found in tissues and organs all over your body, like the kidneys, heart, spine, respiratory tract, and even red blood cells. They initially wrote it off as a case of bodily confusion, but now they have a more interesting theory: your entire body is constantly smelling and tasting the world around you.
One of my early posts was about smell.
We sense the world in so many ways, inside and out. Wonders never cease.
4 comments:
You have to know quite a lot to even begin to realise how much you don't know.
That was rather of a fragrant post you just gave us.
RR,
“Ignorance is bold, and knowledge is reserved.” — Thucydides
Phil,
I taste where you're coming from.
I love when science sounds like sci-fi!
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