Post #290056

2026-02-13 16:42 UTC

🔥🔥🔥 Ever wonder how many times you fart per day? Now’s your chance to find out and help researchers at the University of Maryland develop a baseline for measuring flatulence that’ll aid physicians responding to patients’ complaints about gas. 👉 You&#39;ll get to wear Smart Underwear to track intestinal gas and be on the Human Flatus Atlas! The goal of the nationwide study is to quantify human farting and assess what various ranges reveal about people’s gut health. https://www.thebanner.com/economy/science-medicine/university-of-maryland-smart-underwear-fart-study-SAPSZ6DK5JB6BFQUSDVFOJPRPU/

Replies (7)

@pascaline@mastodon.nl 2026-02-13 17:25

Oh, and don't forget about that global farting map, okay? Everyone farts, but what's normal? Where do you rank? https://www.flatus.info/

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@brahms@chaos.social 2026-02-13 16:58

@pascaline my brain made me read assess like asses ...

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@FinchHaven@sfba.social 2026-02-13 17:17

@pascaline mmm... Nah, hard pass on this Or is that the wrong message?

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@laughingmaus@glammr.us 2026-02-13 17:34

@pascaline I can't really figure out why they are still taking applications. Seems like, given the chance, everyone would want to be a Human Flatlus Atlas.

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@DavidM_yeg@mstdn.ca 2026-02-13 17:38

@pascaline Are *you* a supertooter? Now you can find out if your family and friends are right…

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@jaapkrulder@mastodon.nl 2026-02-13 18:45

@pascaline MD Levitt gave a very interesting lecture on intestinal gas problems in the early 80s for an audience of Dutch internists. He was one of the first researchers on this topic

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@apz@some.apz.fi 2026-02-13 19:07

@pascaline Farting into smart underwear was not in my bingo card for 2026 either.

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