10 little secrets about "farting"

Have you ever heard the following ballad? "Beans, they protect your heart. Beans, they make you fart."

You may cry when you hear this song, but is it true? Yes, beans do make you fart. This is because the beans contain a sugar called stachiose, which humans cannot properly digest. Because we can't digest this sugar well, when the bacteria in our intestines try to break it down, a lot of gas is produced. Then people will fart.

2. How many farts do people fart every day?

Do you want to know how many times you fart every day? According to research, the average person farts about half a liter a day, which means an average of 14 times a day.

Please count how many times you fart every day and see if the frequency is higher or lower than this number, but you'd better not tell others how many times you fart every day, so as not to make people think you are a weirdo.

3. Will holding in a fart cause spontaneous combustion?

Do you remember the episode in the cartoon South Park where Kenny held in a fart for a whole day and ended up burning to death because the fart spontaneously combusted? Now we are sorry to tell you that the plot that holding in a fart will cause spontaneous combustion is just the author's imagination.

But scientists believe that if a person holds in a fart for too long, the worst thing will happen and it will cause severe stomach pain. It’s better for everyone to fart if they want to. The Roman Emperor Claudius was the emperor who made the greatest contribution to the idea of ​​"farting when you have to". He believed that farting was good for people's health, so he specifically legislated that "farting is allowed at banquets." However, people ate and drank too much at the banquet, which did not prevent stomachaches, and farts became the scapegoat.

4. How can I cover up the smell of farts?

If you fart in public, the best way to cover up the embarrassment is to act innocent. If that fails, point your finger at someone else. But no matter what, you can't hide the smell of farts.

Unless you use "Fartypants" underwear, commonly known as "fart-proof underwear." Buck Weimer, a Colorado man from the United States, invented the world's first fart-proof underwear. It has the function of filtering out smelly farts, so even if the user keeps farting, people around him won't be able to smell it. This non-breathable underwear, called "anti-fart underwear", is made of soft, airtight nylon cloth, with elastic bands sewn on the waist and trouser legs, and a replaceable filter pad inside the pants to eliminate odors. The filter pad is made of carbon, glass fiber and wool fiber, so the price of each pair of fart-proof underwear ranges from £12 to £15 depending on the size and cost.

5. Does the methane contained in cows' farts pollute the environment?

I bet you've heard that cow farts contain a lot of methane, which is the culprit for damaging the ozone layer. Perhaps there is some truth to this concern. But it must be pointed out that cows' farts do not cause such harm to the environment. In fact, most of the methane produced by cows is exhaled when they breathe. In fact, not only cows, but sheep also produce methane. .So, scientists in New Zealand are trying to breed sheep that don't produce methane.

6. Is farting sexy?

Maybe some people in the world think farting is sexy, but for 99.99999999999% of ordinary people, they would definitely not agree with this statement. But in the animal world, farting is a signal to attract the opposite sex for mating.

Female Southern Pine Beetles release a hormone called prefrontal in their farts that attracts male mates for mating. It can also be used to call companions to gather together and as an invitation signal for collective mating. You might think this beetle is so happy, but unfortunately, this hormone in the beetle's fart can also attract natural enemies.

7. Do all animals fart?

What gives animals the ability to fart? Animals that can fart must have two intestines (large intestine and small intestine) and an anus, but not all animals have these organs. Pogonophoran worms, which live on the seabed or near active volcanoes, have no intestine or anus. It doesn't even have a mouth or a stomach. It survives by absorbing bacteria that cling to its skin.

And this worm isn't the only animal in the world that doesn't fart. Animals that lack intestines and anuses, such as jellyfish, corals and sea anemones, also do not fart.

8. Is farting good or bad?

Whether farting is good or bad ultimately depends on how you look at it. Some people are disgusted by farting, while others think it is funny.

In 1940, employees of Jem Rubber Co., Ltd. in Toronto, Canada accidentally discovered that some rubber sheets could make sounds, and the rubber sheets could make sounds like farts. They told their boss, and the savvy boss saw the market potential that the sound brought. The company quickly developed the product "WhoopeeCushion" and quickly launched it on the market. Soon, a toy that makes people laugh became popular in Europe and the United States. It turns out that farting can bring in dollars, so maybe it’s a good commodity.

9. Can you tell me the answers to the following questions about farts?

OK, let's try to answer these four questions:

1) If you're not wearing a space suit, would farting in space help propel you forward?

2) Will farts freeze?

3) In the cold winter, you can see your breath, but can you see when you fart?

4) Have you ever found a “fart fossil”?

In fact, the answers to these questions have not been scientifically tested and researched so far. Please make a bold guess. Perhaps the answers to these questions are all affirmative.

10. It is not true that farts can break through pants.

Maybe you are still thinking about the answers to the above four questions. Then this time I will tell you seriously and responsibly that pants will not be torn by farts. People think that a "strong" fart will break through their pants, but this is just a false alarm. So far, such a thing has not happened, and scientific experiments have shown that such an embarrassing thing will not happen.