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Re:How Gin Became the Meth of 18th Century England by sharksandwich on Thursday February 11, 2016 @10:52AM (#11080818)
Your genes actually play a large role in how you perceive the taste of quinine http://www.monell.org/news/news_releases/quinine
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Re:How Gin Became the Meth of 18th Century England by look_lookatme on Thursday February 11, 2016 @03:08PM (#11082799)
There's a Surprisingly Awesome episode about Broccoli and part of it is about genetic taste preferences and some people taste quinine in it. Very interesting episode:

https://gimletmedia.com/episode/6-broccoli/

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