Benjamin Franklin’s Scientific Essay on Farts

Benjamin Franklin once penned a formal scientific proposal suggesting that researchers find ways to make human flatulence smell like perfume. He argued that the natural gases were simply too unpleasant to be ignored.

During his time as a diplomat in France, the famous founding father grew bored and wrote this humorous essay for a royal academy. He proposed that by changing the human diet, we could chemically alter the odor of gas to be as sweet as a rose. It serves as a hilarious reminder that even the most brilliant historical minds had a mischievous sense of humor. This piece remains a curious relic of 18th-century wit.