Why does wine taste good?
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Stik-Chaley - You've Got a Cold, You Can't Taste It!
For molecules to achieve your olfactory bulb, which is all the way here between your eyes, you need airflow. So when we have a cold though, because I've never thought of it before, you just said, well, I can't really taste things, I've got a cold. But it's because it's airflow, so it's just that those compounds are not being carried around. It's a mechanical thing, it's nothing to do with your... I think we should give this a try, so... You've got your nose trapped so far. Go on, do it!"
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