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And in other news, durian causes an evacuation in Germany and sends people to a hospital... but I love durian! https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/22/europe/durian-ger

• userbinator 6y ago
  Last year, staff at the University of Canberra library were forced to evacuate the building due to a suspected gas leak, but a search revealed the stench was in fact caused by the fruit. That's what I've always associated the smell of durian with --- not stinking or rotting as others often say, but "gas leak". Not surprisingly, the same compound is responsible for both: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethanethiol https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethanethiol