Discover some Drug wholesome & not disagreeable, to be mix'd with our common Food, or Sauces, that shall render the natural Discharges of Wind from our Bodies, not only inoffensive, but agreable as Perfumes.
— Benjamin Franklin Early Modern

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From 'A Letter to a Royal Academy' (also known as 'Fart Proudly')

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c. 1781

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Humorous

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