Can You Fart Yourself To Death?
Posted July 23, 2008 by Mister Knowitall

Category: Health and Nutrition Math and Science Urban Legends

Tom S. in Maryland writes: A few hours after making and eating a tasty cauliflower curry, I found myself thinking about the story going around the internet about the man in the small bedroom who farted so much he suffocated on the methane. Can that really happen?

Well, Tom, that particular story is an urban legend, but you asked if it can happen. Let’s do the math. Read the rest of this article »

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