did-you-kno: The smell of an old book is the smell of its death. The scent is caused by paper, ink and adhesives breaking down. As a book’s organic compounds degrade, they release chemicals into the air that we interpret as a combination of grass,

did-you-kno: The smell of an old book is the smell of its death. The scent is caused by paper, ink and adhesives breaking down. As a book’s organic compounds degrade, they release chemicals into the air that we interpret as a combination of grass,

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