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Scientists Finally Determined the Correct Number of Daily Farts

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There are certain questions people Google with the moral posture of a raccoon digging through trash. “How much farting is normal?” is absolutely one of them.

Now scientists have an answer, because apparently this was a data hole waiting to be filled.

A new study published in JAMA Network Open looked at flatulence among 6,416 adults in Australia using an app called Chart Your Fart. Participants logged 360,192 gas “outputs,” a phrase so clinical it almost distracts from the fact that thousands of adults were reporting farts into their phones. “No, bro, I’m just updating my outputs.”

Lead study author Emily Brindal, PhD, told Yahoo Health the project started with a simple problem. “There was no clear answer to the simple question of, ‘How much does the........

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