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Submitted to Contest #313
The Scent of Rain It is a common myth that sharks can smell a drop of blood in the ocean from a mile away. This myth stems primarily from films and books we’ve all seen or read growing up. What most people don’t realize is that humans have an even stronger and more innate ability to smell rain. While a shark can detect blood at one part per billion—equivalent to a single drop in an Olympic-sized swimming pool—humans can detect rain at ten parts per trillion. That’s the same as a single teaspoon of rainwater spread across 200 Olympic pools. F...
Submitted to Contest #222
Cedar Strake Apprenticeshop By Joshua Robinson The first thing that James noticed when he walked up the five steps and entered the large post-and-beam workshop was the smell. The mixture of pine and cedar and mahogany overwhelmed his olfactory senses in a welcoming way. The resins of other exotic woods had long made home in the pores of the shop, but James’ nose was not yet attuned to those foreign woods from around the world, some of which were almost now extinct. He had first entered the shop a few weeks previous during the interview pro...
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