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A person died in the apartment below me, and the body stayed there for 3 weeks. Why is the smell not leaving the walls/furniture, and why is that smell still occuring without the body? What are those chemicals? Are those chemical "sticking" to materials the same way it does for urine?

by /u/jokoon in /r/askscience

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