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I have no reason to doubt you, you may smell just fine.

But that brings up a question, back when mariners and seamen traversed the seas and didn’t bathe, some came upon the Japanese isles for the purpose of trade, and legend is they got called smelly foreigners... so, how come?

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This video explains why https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-_QKyipj_Y

Interesting! Which means if you have the smelly gene you'll be smelly if you don't wash... (at least areas with pubic/negative hair) but if you have the other allele you'll be fine without washing/bathing/showering.

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