Why Do We Have Two Nostrils?

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Why do we have two nostrils instead of one?

What does space smell like?

[faith]

“What would space smell like”

_Suffocation_

[ruttokello]

because if we had only one nostril and it got stuffed it would be hell

[ghostlyfieldclub]

One of the only Vsauce videos where the title question is actually answered in the first 2 minutes without making you worry about your existential identity 200 years from now

[khaul]

Getting recommended this video 11 years later, amazing

[nelpski]

Daddy what does space smell like?

Nasal fluid and blood son... Nasal fluid and blood.

[pythontron]

It is NOT an overstatement when I say this:
Vsauce videos are the most timeless videos on youtube

[garge]

Partially deaf and can't smell. I find the fact that people can (at least how I see it) taste things without ever putting it in their mouth absolutely bizarre and super cool.

[cruxae]

but is your smell the same as my smell?

[bread]

"AYO BRO COME HERE REAL QUICK"
"What do you want"
" *let me smell the inside of your nose* "

[TheKluxi]

real reason: 1 for cocain and 1 for oxygen

[alaminior]

I've always wondered why one nose blocks and the other is okay interchangeably. Thanks Michael. Even after so many years, you're still teaching me things

[isaac_tuba]

How to make a Vsauce episode:

1.) This thing does this.
2.) Or does it?
3.) *Cue detective music*

[shaileshrana]

He puts one question in the title and answers like 20. Good man!

[lgndar]

At certain times of the year, especially when the weather gets cooler, there are always certain days that smell like times during childhood for me. It's not an everyday or even all day thing. I can be outside doing whatever and then there's a sudden smell, almost a feeling, that causes me to remember that same smell/feeling of playing outside when I was a child. I'm sure that it's due to a specific combination of the weather, temperature and the surrounding environment. It's always a very pleasant and calming experience.

[ikeh]

you can always count on a vsauce video to turn the simplest of questions into a deep and existential video that leaves you both with more knowledge than before but also more questions

[ActualCatfish]

"why do we have two nostrils?"

Michael: (snorts some coke) *"IT PROTECTS US FROM INCEST"*

[undyingUmbrage]

why do we have two nostrils?

later

our sense of smell protects us from incest

[Polonum_]

Love getting recommended 11 Yr old videos lol

[sudeep.g]

So the algo decided to show this to me in 2024 and I'm not disappointed

[snoopweed]

"why do we have two nostrils?"

"well, Sagatarius B12 smells like raspberry and gin"