Aging is odd - and unsettling. By the time the average person turns 60, what have they lost about 50% of?

They say your sense of taste diminishes as you get older - that's true figuratively and literally. You're born with 9,000 taste buds, which work together with your sense of smell. But as you age, that number can be cut in half...and more. And the ones you don't actually lose actually begin to shrink, making them much less effective.

Asked by Tom Cohen · Last updated 5 years ago · 15.2K views