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Fascinating Facts About Farting by olempe(m): 2:50pm On Jun 16, 2013
Passing gas may be embarrassing for most of us, but it might make you feel better to know that it's one of the most common bodily functions of all time. Everyone does it, from Halle Berry to the Queen of England. In fact, the word "fart" is one of the oldest words in the English language!

Read on to discover more fascinating facts about about cutting the cheese.

What Is A Fart, Exactly?

Farts are caused by trapped air, which can come from many sources. Some of it is air that we have swallowed while chewing or drinking. Some air is caused by gas seeping into our intestines from our blood, and some gas is produced by chemical reactions in our intestines or bacteria living in our guts.

A typical fart is composed of about 59 percent nitrogen, 21 percent hydrogen, 9 percent carbon dioxide, 7 percent methane and 4 percent oxygen. Only about one percent of a fart contains hydrogen sulfide gas and mercaptans, which contain sulfur, and the sulfur is what makes farts stink.

Farts make a sound when they escape due to the vibrations of the rectum. The loudness may vary depending on how much pressure is behind the gas, as well as the tightness of the sphincter muscles

Why Do Farts Smell Bad?

The more sulfur-rich your diet is, the more terrible your farts will smell. Some foods contain more sulfur than others, which is why eating things like beans, cabbage, cheese, soda, and eggs can cause gas that will peel the paint off the walls.

People Pass Gas About 14 Times Per Day

The average person produces about half a liter of farts every single day, and even though many women won't admit it, women do fart just as often as men. In fact, a study has proven that when men and women eat the exact same food, woman tend to have even more concentrated gas than men.

If a person were to fart continuously for 6 years and 9 months, they would produce gas with the equivalent energy of an atomic bomb.

Farts Have Been Clocked At A Speed Of 10 Feet Per Second.

Though farts come out with varying velocities, we don't typically smell them for about 10-15 seconds after letting them rip. This is because it takes that long for the odor to reach your nostrils.




Holding Farts In Could Be Bad For Your Health

Doctors disagree on whether or not holding in a fart is bad for your health. Some experts think that farts are a natural part of your digestive system, so holding them in won't harm you. Others think that at best, holding them in can cause gas, bloating, and other uncomfortable symptoms, and at worst, repressing gas can cause hemorrhoids or a distended bowel.

For Some Cultures, Farting Is No Big Deal

While most cultures feel that farts should be suppressed in polite company, there are some cultures that not only don't mind letting them fly in public, but they actually enjoy it. An Indian tribe in South America called the Yanomami fart as a greeting, and in China you can actually get a job as a professional fart-smeller!

In ancient Rome, Emperor Claudius, fearing that holding farts in was bad for the health, passed a law stating that it was acceptable to break wind at banquets.

Farts Are Flammable

As stated above, the methane and hydrogen in bacteria-produced farts make your gas highly flammable. This is why some people think it's a fun party trick to hold a lighter up to their bums and let one fly; doing so produces a big burst of flame, but is obviously very dangerous.

In rare cases, a build-up of flammable gasses in the intestines have caused explosions during intestinal surgeries!

Termites Produce The Most Farts Of Any Other Animal

It's hard to believe that the tiny termite is responsible for a great deal of our global warming problem on the planet. Termites fart more than any other animal, which produces methane gas. According to the Environmental Protection Agency, "Global emissions of methane due to termites are estimated to be between 2 and 22 Tg per year, making them the second largest natural source of methane emissions. Methane is produced in termites as part of their normal digestive process, and the amount generated varies among different species."

If You Hold Them In, They'll Just Come Out When You Sleep

Even if you clenched your butt and held them in all day, the gas will escape once you relax. What's more relaxing than sleep?

People Even Fart After Death

Here's proof that you can't escape passing wind, even after you're dead! Up to three hours after the body dies, gasses continue to escape from both ends of the digestive tract, resulting in burping or farting noises. This phenomenon is due to muscles contracting and expanding before rigor mortis sets in.

SOURCE: http://myoddnews..com/2013/06/10-odd-and-fascinating-facts-about.html

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Re: Fascinating Facts About Farting by bigt2(m): 3:10pm On Jun 16, 2013
There are many tpes of fart.
Pra!
Miaun!
Tiun!
Kooooba!
Gbrrrrr!
fkf!
Gbaa!
Gbuu!
Gbarararara!
And the silent one..... Kfffffffffff!

Oniso-oniso, a.k.a. Jelili.
Fp straight smiley btw, where is the guy that dumped his gf because she farted

What if this is your girlfriend, and she took the pleasure in flatulence?? ***pooooo!*** grin
ıɥbıʇa * oʇuozɐ + oʇɹıʞs buıɔuɐp ¿¿¿uıɐbɐ ʇsɹıɟ

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Re: Fascinating Facts About Farting by AdeniyiA(m): 3:53pm On Jun 16, 2013
if you are in the habit of suppressing fart, in the long you are going to have difficulties releasing in the future, this is one of the common reasons for protruding stomach.
so next time that natural gas is coming, never hesitate to let it out, if it require excusing yourself from the crowd, pls do. you'll be doing yourself a great favor. Nuff said
grin

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Re: Fascinating Facts About Farting by baby124: 3:54pm On Jun 16, 2013
A typical fart is composed of about 59 percent nitrogen, 21 percent hydrogen, 9 percent carbon dioxide, 7 percent methane and 4 percent oxygen
The average person produces about half a liter of farts every single day, and even though many women won't admit it, women do fart just as often as men.
If a person were to fart continuously for 6 years and 9 months, they would produce gas with the equivalent energy of an atomic bomb.
An Indian tribe in South America called the Yanomami fart as a greeting, and in China you can actually get a job as a professional fart-smeller!
shocked shocked shocked

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Re: Fascinating Facts About Farting by whiteeyes: 3:55pm On Jun 16, 2013
Ehen, no wonder...
Re: Fascinating Facts About Farting by ULSHERLAN(m): 4:23pm On Jun 16, 2013
Lmao @professional fart smeller
Re: Fascinating Facts About Farting by Dygeasy(m): 4:30pm On Jun 16, 2013
One of the most hilarious posts in recent times. Rotflmaololldkm.

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Re: Fascinating Facts About Farting by Nobody: 4:53pm On Jun 16, 2013
So the job of a professional fart smeller is to go about smelling people's fart shockedshockedshocked Hmm, interesting!

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Re: Fascinating Facts About Farting by ikechukz(m): 7:49pm On Jun 16, 2013
Just imagine collecting fart from Nigerians,packaging it and using it bombard GEJ and friends...I'm definitely trying out the fart + fire stuff.

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Re: Fascinating Facts About Farting by firestar(f): 8:09pm On Jun 16, 2013
Gas flaring...

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Re: Fascinating Facts About Farting by olempe(m): 11:01pm On Jun 16, 2013
big-t:
Fp straight smiley btw, where is the guy that dumped his gf because she farted

Lolz D; D;
Re: Fascinating Facts About Farting by olempe(m): 11:01pm On Jun 16, 2013
big-t:
Fp straight smiley btw, where is the guy that dumped his gf because she farted

Lolz D;
Re: Fascinating Facts About Farting by Linoversace: 11:30pm On Jun 16, 2013
“A good loud fart is honorable, medium fart is tolerable, softer windbreaks are terrible and the silent ones…unbearable.”---The Silencer Chatur

[img]http://4.bp..com/_c8ha6wb-NME/S3KwV4pkWzI/AAAAAAAACT4/4Mg_DfdmKts/s280/3-idiots-Silencer-Chatur.jpg[/img]

Just let it out! grin

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Re: Fascinating Facts About Farting by Nobody: 11:33pm On Jun 16, 2013
big-t:
Fp straight smiley btw, where is the guy that dumped his gf because she farted
grin grin grin
Re: Fascinating Facts About Farting by Nobody: 11:58pm On Jun 16, 2013
Linoversace: “A good loud fart is honorable, medium fart is
tolerable, softer windbreaks are terrible and the silent
ones…unbearable.”---The Silencer Chatur

[img]http://4.bp..com/_c8ha6wb-NME/S3KwV4pkWzI/AAAAAAAACT4/4Mg_DfdmKts/s280/3-idiots-Silencer-Chatur.jpg[/img]

Just
let it out! grin
3 Hediots! grin grin grin

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Re: Fascinating Facts About Farting by olempe(m): 10:11am On Jun 17, 2013
Adeniyi A.:
if you are in the habit of suppressing fart, in the long you are going to have difficulties releasing in the future, this is one of the common reasons for protruding stomach.
so next time that natural gas is coming, never hesitate to let it out, if it require excusing yourself from the crowd, pls do. you'll be doing yourself a great favor. Nuff said
grin

Noted.
Re: Fascinating Facts About Farting by martin1772(m): 1:29pm On Jun 17, 2013
Xo xo funny

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Re: Fascinating Facts About Farting by AbuMikey(m): 1:30pm On Jun 17, 2013
Linoversace: “A good loud fart is honorable, medium fart is tolerable, softer windbreaks are terrible and the silent ones…unbearable.”---The Silencer Chatur

[img]http://4.bp..com/_c8ha6wb-NME/S3KwV4pkWzI/AAAAAAAACT4/4Mg_DfdmKts/s280/3-idiots-Silencer-Chatur.jpg[/img]

Just let it out! grin
3 Idiots.. Mr Silencer
Re: Fascinating Facts About Farting by Kslib(m): 1:30pm On Jun 17, 2013
***farts and runs away**

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Re: Fascinating Facts About Farting by SlyIg(f): 1:32pm On Jun 17, 2013
Fart on thread and bounce out!
Re: Fascinating Facts About Farting by psky: 1:34pm On Jun 17, 2013
1st to fart!!!
Re: Fascinating Facts About Farting by Francheezy(m): 1:35pm On Jun 17, 2013
omg

i jst love farting
Re: Fascinating Facts About Farting by Sanboy25: 1:35pm On Jun 17, 2013
LOL grin Should I fart more often then ? embarassed
Re: Fascinating Facts About Farting by passionate88: 1:35pm On Jun 17, 2013
Call it mess
Re: Fascinating Facts About Farting by Bolarge1(m): 1:36pm On Jun 17, 2013
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Re: Fascinating Facts About Farting by azpekuliar: 1:36pm On Jun 17, 2013
Fart Joke

While at dinner party, a man farts. Other man says “How dare you fart in front of my wife”. First man says “Sorry, I didn’t realize it was her turn”.

cheesy grin cheesy

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Re: Fascinating Facts About Farting by djmummy: 1:36pm On Jun 17, 2013
Love this
Re: Fascinating Facts About Farting by psky: 1:36pm On Jun 17, 2013
Chai! See how many people farted as I was about to lauch the farting spree. Enemies of progress!! grin

#covers nose and runs out#
Re: Fascinating Facts About Farting by Ranchhoddas: 1:38pm On Jun 17, 2013
Linoversace: “A good loud fart is honorable, medium fart is tolerable, softer windbreaks are terrible and the silent ones…unbearable.”---The Silencer Chatur

[img]http://4.bp..com/_c8ha6wb-NME/S3KwV4pkWzI/AAAAAAAACT4/4Mg_DfdmKts/s280/3-idiots-Silencer-Chatur.jpg[/img]

Just let it out! grin
hehehehe

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