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[narrator] We used to think that humans could only detect about
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Human: The World Within

We used to thinkthat humans could only detect about ten thousand distinct smells

[narrator] We used to think
that humans could only detect about ten thousand distinct smells

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[narrator] We used to think that humans could only detect about
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ten thousand distinct smells.
Duration
6 seconds
Views
32
Timestamp in Movie
00:13:29
Uploaded
May 09, 2025
Season
1
Episode
5
Genres
documentary

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Movie Summary

Diverse personal stories from around the world reveal how lives, passions and goals are facilitated by the human body's various complex systems; narrator Jad Abumrad.
S01 • E05 Turns out that number is actually closer to a trillion. - Human: The World Within 00:05
Turns out that number is actually closer to a trillion.
S01 • E01 In fact, emotions and the nervous system go hand in hand. - Human: The World Within 00:05
In fact, emotions and the nervous system go hand in hand.
S01 • E03 As you go further in an ultramarathon, - Human: The World Within 00:10
As you go further in an ultramarathon,
S01 • E04 {\an8}-The human body is often characterized - Human: The World Within 00:06
{\an8}-The human body is often characterized
S01 • E02 {\an1}-Every organ depends on the heart for its function. - Human: The World Within 00:05
{\an1}-Every organ depends on the heart for its function.
S01 • E01 The nervous system is in charge not only of processing our emotions, - Human: The World Within 00:07
The nervous system is in charge not only of processing our e...
S01 • E04 Like, compare ourselves to predators, - Human: The World Within 00:06
Like, compare ourselves to predators,
S01 • E02 {\an1}The brain cannot function without a moving heart. - Human: The World Within 00:07
{\an1}The brain cannot function without a moving heart.
S01 • E01 But sometimes emotions are so strong that they overload the system… - Human: The World Within 00:06
But sometimes emotions are so strong that they overload the ...
S01 • E02 -Without oxygen, the brain gets foggy. - Human: The World Within 00:05
-Without oxygen, the brain gets foggy.
S01 • E04 So when we think about humans that way, I'm always surprised - Human: The World Within 00:08
So when we think about humans that way, I'm always surp...
S01 • E03 But marathoners have to face hitting the wall. - Human: The World Within 00:04
But marathoners have to face hitting the wall.
S01 • E02 {\an1}That's another reason spending too much time - Human: The World Within 00:05
{\an1}That's another reason spending too much time
S01 • E05 [Alfredo] Inside our nose, we have cells called cilia, - Human: The World Within 00:09
[Alfredo] Inside our nose, we have cells called cilia,
S01 • E03 [cheering] - Human: The World Within 00:07
[cheering]
S01 • E04 -Although raw nature feels more dangerous... - Human: The World Within 00:05
-Although raw nature feels more dangerous...
S01 • E05 These cilias have the ability to pick up these molecules that are around us. - Human: The World Within 00:07
These cilias have the ability to pick up these molecules tha...
S01 • E03 That's when the body's natural glucose reserves are totally dried up. - Human: The World Within 00:05
That's when the body's natural glucose reserves ar...
S01 • E04 ... the reality is that every environment on earth - Human: The World Within 00:07
... the reality is that every environment on earth
S01 • E02 {\an1}Her red blood cells are better at adjusting - Human: The World Within 00:09
{\an1}Her red blood cells are better at adjusting