It’s amazing, the things you can learn by reading webcomics and, sometimes, taking part in their silly online polls. For instance, the Irregular Webomic poll about what one would select as the “most evocative non-food smell” actually turned out with my selected option on top of the standings. David Morgan-Mar, ever the sneaky educator of the masses, tipped his readers to the fact that the scent of the earth after rainfall has a name:
Sometimes, being a word geek can be fun and rewarding!