Silent Farts Smell

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From a scientific standpoint, silent farts often smell worse. It may surprise you to find out that a large portion of farts are the result of swallowed air. Whether from chewing a lot of gum, drinking pop, or simply from eating food, excess air enters your body and has to exit somewhere. While some is released through burping, the rest ends up in your digestive system and comes out your other end. However, when expelled, this gas is mostly made up of nitrogen, hydrogen, and carbon dioxide, all of which are odorless. This explains why some farts are obnoxiously loud, but contain little to no smell. The second half of the equation is gas from the large intestine. After traveling through 25 feet of small intestine, the indigestible portions of

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