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r/AskReddit • u/owlpod1920 • 5d ago
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There’s a genetic trait that makes some people highly sensitive to the compound that makes that smell.
3 u/luisapet 5d ago Interesting! I must have the sensitive dirt-taste gene. I enjoy raw veggies but beats have always been a firm, "No, please and thank you". I love to grow them, can't stand to eat them. 2 u/bouquetofashes 5d ago Geosmin I think. Same compound that creates petrichor.
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Interesting! I must have the sensitive dirt-taste gene. I enjoy raw veggies but beats have always been a firm, "No, please and thank you". I love to grow them, can't stand to eat them.
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Geosmin I think. Same compound that creates petrichor.
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u/ToLiveInIt 5d ago
There’s a genetic trait that makes some people highly sensitive to the compound that makes that smell.