The Science of Farting

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Available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike 4.0 International Licence

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1.6 BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

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Updated / Tuesday, 25 Jun 2019 08:16

Abstract

The earliest joke known to mankind originated in Sumeria, now southern Iraq, around 1900 BC. To no one's surprise, it was a fart joke. We have always found noises down under entertaining, but where do they come from? Are they bad for us? Let’s take a gas-powered trip to the underbelly of science.

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https://doi.or/10.21427/3qzr-vd95

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