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Asking the important questions. (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

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https://www.iflscience.com/if-you-farted-in-a-jar-and-opened-it-20-years-later-would-it-still-smell-of-farts-78468

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[–] Depress_Mode 209 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (12 children)

TL;DR: No. The half-life of hydrogen-sulfide (one of smelliest constituents of a fart) reacting with the oxygen in the jar from just your fart is 12-37 hours. The article gives an example of a particularly potent hypothetical fart that would only retain any distinguishable odor for 9 days tops.

[–] lunarul 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

What about the other odor producing compounds? From wikipedia:

Hydrogen sulfide, methyl mercaptan (also known as methanethiol), dimethyl sulfide, dimethyl disulfide and dimethyl trisulfide are present in flatus.

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