10 'Astounding' Science Facts That Aren't Very Astounding If You're A Pedant

3. You Lose 0.0371g Of Weight When You Fart

This is so dumb. The subtext here is that 'ohmygosh I didn't think farts weighed anything lol'. All matter has mass, last I checked, so yes, even your pumps are affected by gravity. The certainty implied by the hefty 3 significant figures is distressing. Are they implying that every fart is this weight, that we have a little valve in our butts that cuts off before we can go 0.0001g over-budget? Actually, that would be really useful, because you'd never have to worry about any dreaded 'follow-through'. Unless you went to space. Then the valve would really suck. They specifically say 'weight' and not 'mass', so obviously the valve would have to compensate. The volume of guff-cloud required to reach the requisite 0.0371g would be vast. RIP Tim Peake: you were Britain's spaciest son, but now you're all covered in trump.