Comments on: 5 Things I Didn’t Know about Poop

By: amy

amy — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 15:48:10 +0000

i have a gross facts book and in it it said that the gas in your poop is the same gas you put in your car and it also says when you fart it stinks because the bad stomach assid go’s threw your butt.

By: amy

amy — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 15:40:21 +0000

your a pretty funny guy are you single?

By: Keyser Söze

Keyser Söze — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 17:58:06 +0000

The best thing to do if your dog eats poop is “do not let him lick your face”.

By: Samy

Samy — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 14:18:30 +0000

HAHAHAHA!!!!

By: BrownRabbit

BrownRabbit — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 07:04:06 +0000

I believe another, and perhaps more simply reason why the corn is not being digested is because it isn’t being fully digested, particularly in the CHEWING stage of food assimilation. Many modern people have forgotten that they need to actually chew their food into a liquid-paste before actually swallowing it.

Who-da thunk it?

By: Beth

Beth — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 01:01:38 +0000

OMG – we were just talking about the corn scenario jus the other day at work (it was a really bad day at work). I now need to forward this to everyone.

By: BigE

BigE — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 21:30:55 +0000

All I have to say is, who gives a $hit?

By: Dave

Dave — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 20:26:55 +0000

I learned in a Human Physiology course that humans have so much bacteria in their colons, that a third of every poop is dead bacteria carcass. Which is quite a bit if you think about it.

By: Tdave

Tdave — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 04:44:46 +0000

I picked a bad time to introduce my mom to Mental_floss. (haha) j/k

By: SOhp101

SOhp101 — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 03:28:12 +0000

Actually corn (maize) poop comes out like that because of the lack of a process called nixtamalization during preparation. This was developed by the Aztecs and Mayans to fully release the nutritional value out of corn.

Western civilizations never properly learned about this process until recently so their bodies never developed the ability to absorb the nutrients, which resulted in severe malnutrition in civilizations that adopted maize as their primary grain source.

Our bodies were never effectively able to digest corn, just like how our bodies never properly developed the ability to digest grass.