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  2. Melange (Dune) - Wikipedia

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    And the smell—bitter cinnamon, unmistakable." [12] Herbert writes repeatedly, starting in Dune (1965), that melange smells like cinnamon. [4] In Dune, Lady Jessica notes that her first taste of spice "tasted like cinnamon". [4] Dr. Yueh adds that the flavor is "never twice the same ... It's like life—it presents a different face each time ...

  3. Cinnamaldehyde - Wikipedia

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    Occurring naturally as predominantly the trans isomer, it gives cinnamon its flavor and odor. [1] It is a phenylpropanoid that is naturally synthesized by the shikimate pathway. [2] This pale yellow, viscous liquid occurs in the bark of cinnamon trees and other species of the genus Cinnamomum. It is an essential oil. The bark of cinnamon tree ...

  4. Phantosmia - Wikipedia

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    Phantosmia (phantom smell), also called an olfactory hallucination or a phantom odor, [1] is smelling an odor that is not actually there. This hallucination is intrinsically suspicious as the formal evaluation and detection of relatively low levels of odour particles is itself a very tricky task in air epistemology.

  5. Coumarin - Wikipedia

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    Coumarin (/ ˈ k uː m ər ɪ n /) or 2H-chromen-2-one is an aromatic organic chemical compound with formula C 9 H 6 O 2.Its molecule can be described as a benzene molecule with two adjacent hydrogen atoms replaced by an unsaturated lactone ring −(CH)=(CH)−(C=O)−O−, forming a second six-membered heterocycle that shares two carbons with the benzene ring.

  6. 10 weird things that can kill you almost instantly - AOL

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    Most of us know to be cautious of sharks and lightning, but, in reality, there are some rather big dangers out there that often go unacknowledged.

  7. Cyanide poisoning - Wikipedia

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    Cyanide is a broad-spectrum poison because the reaction it inhibits is essential to aerobic metabolism; COX is found in many forms of life. [28] However, susceptibility to cyanide is far from uniform across affected species; for instance, plants have an alternative electron transfer pathway available that passes electrons directly from ...

  8. Brilliant and Surprising Uses for Salt - AOL

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    Here are a few unexpected ways you can use salt and save a few bucks at the same time. But what most people don't realize is that salt can be used for a lot more than cooking.

  9. Strychnine - Wikipedia

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    The ripe seeds look like flattened disks, which are very hard. These seeds are the chief commercial source of strychnine and were first imported to and marketed in Europe as a poison to kill rodents and small predators. Strychnos ignatii is a woody climbing shrub of the Philippines. The fruit of the plant, known as Saint Ignatius' bean ...