People are far too excited for the three blooming flowers in Washington, D.C., reminiscent of the rotting flesh of something dead. Apparently the flowers by their scientific name, Amorphophallus titanum, smell so terribly to attract insects to help with pollination. They’ll be stinking up the U.S. Botanic Garden for all of about 24 hours.

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/three-corpse-flowers-prepare-bloom-dc-180964518/