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        "content": "give%20me%20an%20interesting%20little%20known%20fact%20about%20dogs."
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        "content": "Here\u2019s an interesting, lesser-known fact about dogs:\n\nDogs are able to detect extremely small amounts of disease-related compounds in human scent\u2014sometimes even before symptoms appear. Their noses have up to 300 million olfactory receptors (compared to about 6 million in humans), and their brains dedicate a huge portion of circuitry to processing smells. ([uclahealth.org](https://www.uclahealth.org/news/article/using-dogs-noses-sniff-out-disease?utm_source=openai))\n\nFor example:\n\n- Trained dogs have been documented detecting various types of cancer\u2014from bladder and prostate to lung and breast\u2014by sniffing urine, breath, or sweat samples, often with very high accuracy. ([arxiv.org](https://arxiv.org/abs/1510.05495?utm_source=openai))  \n- More recently, research has shown dogs can pick up signs of illnesses such as Parkinson\u2019s disease from changes in skin secretions. ([uclahealth.org](https://www.uclahealth.org/news/article/using-dogs-noses-sniff-out-disease?utm_source=openai))  \n- They\u2019ve also been used to detect viral infections like COVID-19, and there\u2019s evidence dogs can still distinguish compounds linked to COVID-19 long after initial infection in \u201cLong COVID\u201d patients. ([time.com](https://time.com/6187403/covid-sniffing-dogs-long-covid/?utm_source=openai))  \n\nSo next time your dog seems particularly interested in one person\u2019s scent, they might just be picking up something far subtler than you realize."
    }
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