The subject of farts came up in our house this week. If you have children, especially boys, they probably think this topic is hysterical. Grown up boys are just as bad, and they put the blame on everyone else in the room. Not even the dog is safe. I thought – why not? So here you have a TT about farts.
Thirteen Things About Farts
1. According to the dictionary a fart is an expulsion of intestinal gas.
2. When we eat we swallow air. Some drinks are fizzy. Gas is created when food is digested. All this air and gas has to escape our body and it leaves as a fart.
3. Everyone farts. No one is immune from farting. The foster dog also farts. Picture me holding my nose this week.
4. Farts smell mainly because of the hydrogen sulfide gas. There are also other elements in foods, which make bad smells. Sulfur rich foods create smelly farts.
5. The average person creates around half a litre of gas each day – that’s around 14 farts per day.
6. Men do not fart more than women. It just seems that way!
7. Farts are actually flammable.
8. Beans do make you fart more.
9. Holding back a fart won’t do any damage.
10. A fart has a temperature of 98.6 degrees when it emerges.
11. Excessive gas is actually called flatulence.
12. The farts of dogs and cats smell so bad because of their protein rich diet.
13. The fart sound effect is produced by the vibration of the anal opening. The loudness of the fart also depends on the velocity of the gas exiting the body.
Discuss 
Sources:
www.kidshealth.org
www.scienceray.com
www.fart-sounds.net
