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Scientists find fat is the sixth human taste

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Scientists have discovered a sixth basic taste that the human tongue can detect – fat.For
generations, scientists thought the human tongue could detect only four basic tastes:
sweet, sour, salt and bitter.Then a fifth was discovered, "umami" or savoury. Now,
researchers have identified a previously-unrecognised "sixth taste" – fat.

link:http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/science-news/9014916/Scientists-find-fat-is-the-sixth-human-taste.html
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