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For me I say that a truck with a cab longer than its bed is not a truck, but an SUV with an overgrown bumper.

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[–] hardypart@kbin.social 12 points 1 year ago

That's actually genetic.

They found that those people who said cilantro tastes like soap share a common smell-receptor gene cluster called OR6A2. This gene cluster picks up the scent of aldehyde chemicals.

https://www.allrecipes.com/article/why-does-cilantro-taste-like-soap/#:~:text=They%20found%20that%20those%20people,the%20scent%20of%20aldehyde%20chemicals.