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The way I chastise my husband and kids for erroneously “letting one rip”, I’m actually quite amazed that I’m writing this post. But when I read what one of my favorite health blogs, The Body Odd at msnbc.com had to say about breaking wind, even a prude like me began to appreciate the finer points of flatulence.
So, in the spirit of noisy bum-rumblings, I present to you some Fart Fun Facts. Enjoy!
From The Body Odd:
• On average, a fart is composed of about 59 percent nitrogen, 21 percent hydrogen, 9 percent carbon dioxide, 7 percent methane and 4 percent oxygen. Less than 1 percent of their makeup is what makes farts stink.
• The temperature of a fart at time of creation is 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit.
• Farts have been clocked at a speed of 10 feet per second.
• A person produces about half a liter of farts a day.
• Women fart as much as men.
• The gas that makes your farts stink is hydrogen sulfide. The more sulfur rich your diet, the more your farts will stink. Some foods that cause really smelly farts include: beans, cabbage, cheese, soda and eggs.
• Most people pass gas about 14 times a day.
From Heptune.com:
• People fart even shortly after death.
• Men are most likely to fart in the bathroom in the morning (aka “Morning Thunder”).
• It really IS possible to ignite a fart.
• Turtles, fish, snakes and other reptiles all fart, as do cats and dogs.
• Termite farts are believed to be a major contributor to global warming.
• Farting up in space would propel you forward.
See? Everything you never wanted to know about farting! Hopefully your day is now complete and the watercooler chat a work tomorrow will be that much more colorful.
Like this segment on farts? Then don’t miss the post from earlier this week – All About Poo.
Love the fart facts!
writing a paper called barack Obama Farts. the objective is to correlate baracks diets with amount and potency of farts expelled. if you can provide any help please email or facebook i guess. .
Just for the record, wearing a space suit would have no effect on their propulsive properties. It is a simple action/reaction equation.
Don’t believe it? Try lighting a bottle rocket in a large, sealed, ziplock bag.
Could you make an organic flamethrower?
If you farted hard enough, you could float, but you would probably make a hole in the chair
i like to fart.
i have a question do crickets fart.
Humans can in fact be in space without a space suit. They don’t wear space suits inside of the shuttle. They still probably wouldn’t move too far while wearing underwear and pants but I bet they’d still be propelled with a big fart. And if naked—they’d better wear a helmet. Hahahaha.
Here’s a link;
http://www.merck.com/mmpe/sec02/ch008/ch008d.html?qt=flatus&alt=sh
Everyone agrees that farts are fun, except in a spacesuit. The ultimate authority on this is of course “The Merck Manual”, see the index for “flatus”. This committe had too much fun with this one.
Sorry, but farting in space WOULDN’T propel you forward – because it would happen inside your space suit!