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9: Beaver Reintroductions, Solving Mazes, and ASMR

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Where Does Vanilla Flavoring Come From?

A TikTok by a creator called slowmo that's at SLO O W M O E E went viral. And it was asking people to record themselves before and after Googling, where does vanilla flavoring come from? Oh, do you guys remember that video? Yes. I know where it does come from. It comes from beavers anal glands spot on. Beavers have a gland in their anus that produces a chemical called castorium which the beaver uses to market its territory. Castorium has quite a pleasant vanilla smell because the beavers eat a lot of like wood in really simple times.

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