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[quote=Anonymous]I have been noticing that sometimes my glass of water smells like wet dog or something similar.  First, I thought it was the dishwasher making the glass smell, so I ran the dishwasher with vinegar, and then rewashed all my glasses. There have been a few times when the glasses coming out of the dishwasher smelled, too, so I would rerun the cycle.

Today, I noticed the smell again as I was about to drink the water from the glass.  So, I started walking to the kitchen to dump the water out, but halfway there, I smelled it again, and it didn't smell.

My window was open, and the glass was sitting right in front of the window.

I remember a thread about "outside smell" on people, and I can smell that, too, on people.

So I wondered if water had a similar outside smell, and googled it.

Holy crap.. it does happen, but only in specific types of containers, like glass.

https://chemistry.stackexchange.com/questions/25076/what-is-the-smell-of-a-glass-of-water-in-contact-with-fresh-air

Anyone else notice this?  Can someone with a science background explain what is going on here?[/quote]

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