WEIRD FACTS ABOUT
FART
In 2002, Mitreben Laboratories, based in Osaka, Japan, developed the hohi kenshutsuki, which they claimed to be the world's first fart detector.
'In hospitals, it is important for physicians to know if a post-operative patient has been farting,' explained Hideo Ueda, a member of the research team. 'When a patient is coming out from under total anaesthesia, farting is an indication that the digestive tract is returning to normal.
After major surgery, patients are still in a groggy state and aren't aware of this themselves'. That is what led to the development of this device.'
The average fart comprises 59 per cent nitrogen, 21 per cent hydrogen, 9 per cent carbon dioxide, 7 per cent methane and 4 per cent oxygen.
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