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Everybody farts.
And it's no secret that
they're smelly,
gross, and embaressing at times.
But what if,
instead of trying to hide our flatulence,
we all just let it out?
What if everyone on Earth
decided to fart at the exact same time?
People fart, on average,
12 to 25 times a day.
Producing a daily total of just over one liter of gas.
Some people make close to 2 liters.
Luckily, the majority of them don't smell,
but the rest of them definitely do.
So what would happen
if the world decided not to fart for a single day,
and then, 7.8 billion people released
a massive trouser trumpet
at the exact same time?
But before we get to that,
we should probably understand
what our toots are made of.
Your fart is made up of six different gases.
The majority of it is nitrogen,
then we have some hydrogen,
carbon dioxide, and who could forget, oxygen.
But there are two other gases that
aren't as common in your everyday stinker.
Depending on your diet,
you might have methane in your farts.
This is the chemical that
makes your farts flammable.
And next, there's sulfur.
This is what produces a fart's vile smell.
All these gases
being released into the air at the same time
can't be good.
Can it?
If we all knew something like
this was going to happen, we could prepare for it.
Everyone on the planet
could position themselves so they're not smelling
too many gross farts.
You could hide out in a field,
or on a balcony,
hoping to avoid the main stink of the gas.
And some people could prepare
by eating lots of dairy
or beans to help them produce
the loudest and smelliest fart they've ever had.
But what if we didn't know this was going to happen,
and suddenly
everyone's bodies let out their daily fart quota
all in one go?
Well, that's where things could
potentially get dangerous.
If you were in your bedroom and let one out,
or in a park, away from other people,
then you'd be perfectly fine.
But if you were in a densely packed area,
then things would be very different.
Imagine standing on a hot, crowded subway,
when suddenly the hundreds of passengers onboard
all let out a giant stinker.
You'd have hundreds of liters of nitrogen,
hydrogen, methane, and sulfur,
all packed into one subway car.
It would be incredibly loud,
and inhaling the smell
would be enough to make you pass out if you're not careful.
And densely populated cities
like New York and Hong Kong
would experience a similar effect.
The millions of people tightly packed into those area
would all fart, and produce millions of liters of gases.
The sounds coming from everyone's butt cheeks
would make your ears ring,
but being outside would definitely help to keep your
eardrums from being shattered.
Places like Italy and the Middle East might be
especially stinky,
as their typical diets can produce a smellier booty burp.
The world would become the ultimate Dutch oven.
Oh god, that is so gross. Why did I even say that?
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Now, let's see what will happen to your body, with all this gas in the air.
At this point in the video,
you're probably expecting everyone to die,
or the world to end,
but with everyone farting at the same time,
that wouldn't be the case.
Sure there might be some deaths
and injuries from the gases and volume of the farts,
but the vast majority of people would be fine.
Eventually, the gases would dissipate,
and everything would get back to normal.
Not to mention a lot of them might
not even stink as
just 1% of our daily farts have any sulfur in them.
And all the gases we let loose
wouldn't harm the planet either.
Think about it.
Everyone farts multiple times a day,
so even though we all did it at the same time,
it wouldn't make much of a difference.
We already expell these gases into the air every day.
But what about all the methane our farts produce?
Well, don't worry about that either,
as 50% of farts don't produce any methane.
So lighting a match wouldn't produce an epic fireball explosion out of nowhere.
All in all, this would be a smelly, loud, and gross event,
but that's about it.
Now, what would happen if instead of farting,
you sat on the toilet for 24 hours?
Well, that's a story for another WHAT IF.