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One thing I can tell you is that a snail's bottom is right over its head.
People who bloat don't produce more abdominal gas than others but they might have problems getting rid of it.
Holding on too long triggers a build up of intestinal gas that may eventually escape via an uncontrollable fart.
They're rude, crude and uncouth. So what makes farts so funny?
To understand why we fart, you need to know something about the volume of gases produced in the bowels first. Imagine how much space 25 litres of gas would occupy – about one third of the interior of a…
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