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That's really amazing that human taste buds are such sensitive chemical detectors. We still can't build anything as good at anything near that size.

Off-topic: Is anyone else reminded of that episode of Hogan's Heroes where the Germans store heavy water in the POW camp to protect it from allied bombers, and Hogan tricks Colonol Klink into drinking the heavy water by telling him it had some kind of health benefit? https://www.pinterest.ca/pin/584201382887878852/



Even more amazing - under certain conditions, the human eye can detect single photons.




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