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  2. Flatulence - Wikipedia

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    Medical condition Flatulence Other names Farting, breaking wind, passing gas, cutting the cheese, cutting one loose, ripping one, tooting Specialty Gastroenterology Flatulence is the expulsion of gas from the intestines via the anus, commonly referred to as farting. "Flatus" is the medical word for gas generated in the stomach or bowels. A proportion of intestinal gas may be swallowed ...

  3. Hydrogen sulfide - Wikipedia

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    In the absence of oxygen, sulfur-reducing and sulfate-reducing bacteria derive energy from oxidizing hydrogen or organic molecules by reducing elemental sulfur or sulfate to hydrogen sulfide. Other bacteria liberate hydrogen sulfide from sulfur-containing amino acids; this gives rise to the odor of rotten eggs and contributes to the odor of ...

  4. This Is Why Protein Turns You Into a Fart Machine - AOL

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    Why Do Protein Farts Smell so Bad? Well, that's really subjective. It's not that protein farts smell any worse than other farts (that's really a judgment made by the smeller of the fart, after all ...

  5. Methanethiol - Wikipedia

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    The compounds remain in the liquor and are burned in the recovery boiler, where the sulfur is recovered as sodium sulfide. [4] Methanethiol is released from decaying organic matter in marshes and is present in the natural gas of certain regions, in coal tar, and in some crude oils. It occurs in various plants and vegetables, such as radishes.

  6. Mustard gas - Wikipedia

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    Mustard gas or sulfur mustard are names commonly used for the organosulfur chemical compound bis(2-chloroethyl) sulfide, which has the chemical structure S(CH 2 CH 2 Cl) 2, as well as other species. In the wider sense, compounds with the substituents −SCH 2 CH 2 X or −N(CH 2 CH 2 X) 2 are known as sulfur mustards or nitrogen mustards ...

  7. Why do dog's farts smell so bad? - AOL

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    Foods with sulphur-containing amino acids can also cause problems — so while there are lots of human foods dogs can eat, things like eggs, broccoli, cauliflower and sprouts all have the ...

  8. 9 Surprising Reasons Why Your Poop Smells So Bad - AOL

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    If your diet is heavy on foods that are high in sulfur, consider either shrinking your servings or avoid combining several sulfur-rich foods in single meals. 2. You have a food intolerance.

  9. Fart lighting - Wikipedia

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    Lighting a fart. Fart lighting, also known as pyroflatulence or flatus ignition, is the practice of igniting the gases produced by flatulence. The resulting flame is often of a blue hue hence the act being known colloquially as a "blue angel", "blue dart" or in Australia, a "blue flame". The fact that flatus is flammable and the actual ...