How Scientists Accidentally Created The World's Worst Smell | Random Thursday

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Thioacetone is a chemical whose smell is so bad, it's almost impossible to believe. Weirdly, it was created from a chemical that you can find in candy. But it opens up questions about how smell works and why we react to smells the way we do.

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https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/623739/relieve-stress-with-comfort-smelling

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sense_of_smell

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2908748/

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/17/science/worst-odor-smell-thioacetone.html

https://www.odditycentral.com/news/theres-stench-and-then-there-is-thioacetone-the-worlds-stinkiest-chemical.html

https://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.694.8668&rep=rep1&type=pdf

https://www.thejournal.ie/bad-smell-france-england-765193-Jan2013/