The human nose can distinguish more than one trillion different odors.
Why it is true
Studies from Rockefeller University demonstrated that the human olfactory system is much more sensitive than previously thought, capable of discriminating at least one trillion distinct olfactory stimuli, far beyond the old estimate of ten thousand.
Source: Scientific American
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