When he was living in France around 1781 he was asked to do a scientific paper for the Royal Academy of Brussels. Although his reason for writing was unclear to many people, it is suspected that he wanted the Academy to create a medicine which would make farts smell less. I would expect him to write it as a funny joke, but he actually took his essay pretty seriously. While writing his essay he made a several hard studies to make it as scientific as possible. He also talked about a lot of different foods to make farts smell better, and what smells came from what food. Benjamin Franklin even said that scientists design a drug so that farts are not offensive and have a pleasant
When he was living in France around 1781 he was asked to do a scientific paper for the Royal Academy of Brussels. Although his reason for writing was unclear to many people, it is suspected that he wanted the Academy to create a medicine which would make farts smell less. I would expect him to write it as a funny joke, but he actually took his essay pretty seriously. While writing his essay he made a several hard studies to make it as scientific as possible. He also talked about a lot of different foods to make farts smell better, and what smells came from what food. Benjamin Franklin even said that scientists design a drug so that farts are not offensive and have a pleasant