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Humans can detect one trillion smells

The human nose can distinguish at least one trillion different odors, millions more than previously estimated, US researchers said Thursday.

For decades, scientists accepted that humans could detect only 10,000 scents, putting the sense of smell well below the capabilities of sight and hearing.

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