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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. Kavka's toxin puzzle - Wikipedia

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    Kavka's toxin puzzle is a thought experiment about the possibility of forming an intention to perform an act which, following from reason, is an action one would not actually perform. It was presented by moral and political philosopher Gregory S. Kavka in "The Toxin Puzzle" (1983), and grew out of his work in deterrence theory and mutual ...

  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. Sarin - Wikipedia

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    In 2004, the inquest was reopened and, after a 64-day inquest hearing, the jury ruled that Maddison had been unlawfully killed by the "application of a nerve agent in a non-therapeutic experiment". [45] 1957: Regular production of sarin chemical weapons ceased in the United States, though existing stocks of bulk sarin were re-distilled until 1970.

  7. 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.

  8. 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 ...

  9. Here's What Happens to Your Body if You Eat Cinnamon ... - AOL

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