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# odours

This year

2023

odours

Meat rendering plant allowed to expand capacity despite complaints of 'rotten' smell over city

The plant had applied to increase its capacity for meat from 375 tonnes of meat per day to 600 tonnes.

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Feb 28th 2023, 12:05 AM

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You can detect almost a trillion more smells than previously thought

The misconception that humans can only smell 10,000 different odours was based on research from the 1920′s.

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Mar 20th 2014, 10:08 PM