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A fart is more appropriately called flatus and the act of farting is flatulence. Although it is theoretically possible to capture flatus in a jar, several complications arise when trying to do so. The first problem with capturing a fart is getting it in the container. Farts are not directed. That is, they tend to spread widely upon release. Aiming a fart only doesn’t work with any degree of accuracy. To catch the fart in the first place requires some sort of contraption. Some people have attempted to catch farts underwater by capturing the bubbles, but this presents a new set of problems. You never know exactly where the bubbles will rise and most containers are not large enough to cover a sufficient area.
The next problem with capturing flatus is due to the fact that they are not released with very much force. Any standard jar or container is already filled with air, so even if the container is positioned in just the right spot, the fart does not come out forcefully enough to get past the air already in the jar. Usually, the fart will just spread out to the sides, avoiding the jar altogether. To solve this problem, you would have to create a vacuum inside the jar. Without air, there will be space for the fart. Alternatively, you can have a small hole in the end of the jar so the air has somewhere to go as the jar fills with flatus. The hole would then have to be plugged.
So, yes, if you had a tube leading from your anus going into a jar in which a vacuum has been created, you can capture and store a fart. If the container is 100 percent airtight, it will keep indefinitely. Most jars, however, leak, so even if you captured flatus, it would slowly leak out after several years.
 Posted 5343 day ago
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