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It’s a Gas!

By Linda | May 5, 2008

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Pooting, Tooting, Farting, Breaking Wind, Cutting the Cheese, whatever you want to call it, the average person produces about half a liter of intestinal gas per day which is expelled in the form of flatulence about 14 times daily.

The following web links get into the science behind this smelly but vital bodily function:

Kidzworld: The Science of Farting

Do Animals Fart?

Which Foods Make Us Fart Most?

Here is my all-time favorite fart joke….

What’s invisible and smells like carrots?

Bunny Farts!

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Topics: Animal Kingdom, Food Science, Health & the Human Body, Jokes, Humor & Poetry, Nature, Science Factoids |

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