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Why Do We Poop And Fart?

2018/12/7
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This chapter explains the process of digestion and how the body turns food into poop, emphasizing the importance of a healthy diet and the role of the digestive system.

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How does your body make poop? How many germs are in an ounce of poop? Why do people fart and why are farts stinky? Look, everybody does it, so today we're going to tackle one of the areas kids seem to find fascinating: why and how we poop! Plus, we get some help from Chicago public radio station WBEZ's Curious City to learn about what happens after you flush the toilet.