Yes, There Really Is A Town In Liberia Called ‘Smell No Taste’

Yes, There Really Is A Town In Liberia Called ‘Smell No Taste’

By Marc Silver

It’s the place where a teenager died of Ebola this week. And like all unusual geographic names, it’s got a story behind it.

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Via: http://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2015/07/02/419545292/yes-there-really-is-a-town-in-liberia-called-smell-no-taste?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=us

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