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Why mosquitoes bite some people more than others

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Are you the person in the group who is always getting bitten by mosquitoes? Science has shown that mosquitoes are attracted to certain people more than others. So why is that? And is there anything you can do to be, well, less attractive to mosquitoes? Veritasium investigates.

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