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Why broccoli tastes unbearably bitter to some people

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Stop forcing your children to eat their greens; they might actually be genetically tortured by them. A highly specific variation in the TAS2R38 gene allows a substantial chunk of the population to vividly taste thiourea compounds, turning an innocent floret of broccoli into an overwhelmingly harsh, bitter nightmare.

Why broccoli tastes unbearably bitter to some people
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