Hello smarty pants brace yourselves for a gust of laughter and learning with

today's trusty trivia. Today we're letting it all out on the breezy and

somewhat smelly subject of farts.

Ready to play, let's cut the cheese with these questions.

First question, what primarily causes farts? Is it A, eating too much candy? B,

air we swallow and the breakdown of food in our digestive system or C aliens communicating with us.

Did you choose answer B you're right on the nose.

Farts are mainly caused by the air we swallow and the breakdown of food in our digestive system.

Bacteria in our large intestine feast on undigested food,

producing gases like methane and carbon dioxide which then need to make their

grand exit. Next question, why do farts sometimes smell bad? Is it A, because of

rotten eggs hidden in your pockets?

B, due to the presence of sulfur compounds in the digestive system?

Or, see, they're storing up bad jokes.

Did you sniff out answer, B? jokes.

Did you sniff out answer B?

Spot on.

While not all farts are stinkers, the smelly ones owe their aroma

to sulfur compounds produced during digestion.

Foods rich in sulfur like eggs and meat can make for particularly pungent gas.

No rotten eggs or bad jokes necessary.

Last question, how much gas does the average person produce in a day? Is it A, about a cup? B, between

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