11 Fart Facts You May Not Want To Know

11 Fart Facts You May Not Want To Know

1. Origin Of The Word "Fart"

The word 'Fart' was coined in 1632, defined as “to send forth a wind from the anus.”

2. Farts Are Odorless

99% of farts are composed of odorless gases. The remaining 1% usually sulfurous, like dimethyl sulfide and methanethiol which gives farts their pungent aroma.

3. Could Your Fart Get A Speeding Ticket?

Farts can reach speeds of 10 feet per second. Depending on the size of your buttocks and the force behind your sphincter, one can eject quite the fart. According to Muscle and Fitness Magazine, humans can send farts up to 7 mph.

4. Worst Farts

Due to higher hydrogen sulfide content, female farts smell worse than male farts on average.

5. Professional Fart Smellers

In China, “Professional Fart Smellers” make up to $50,000 detecting flatulent orders to diagnose disease.

6. Fart Means Hello

The Yanomami Tribe of South America uses flatulence as a men's of saying hello.

7. Fart Bomb

It would take nine farts from every person on earth to make a hydrogen bomb.

8. Fish Farts

The Herring (fish) communicate with one another by farts.

9. Fart Foreplay

There is a term known as “Eproctophilia” which is a fancy way of labeling people who are sexually aroused by farts.

10. Never Fart In A Space Suit

In the late 60s, scientists studied the farts of NASA astronauts.

11. Apollo 16 Moon Farts

Apollo 16 Astronaut John Young, by his own admission, farted prolifically while on the moon.