Scientists paid people to sniff trunps to find if men's or women's smelled worse

In a rather unusual experiment, judges were once asked to sniff other people's flatulence to determine whether men's or women's smelled worse, according to the New York Post.

Humans are known to pass wind up to 23 times a day on average, but not all farts are created equal.

The study involved 16 healthy adults who consumed pinto beans and laxatives, with their gas collected and analysed using a 'flatus collection system'.

The collected gas was then scrutinised using a chromatographic mass spectrometer and subjected to an old-fashioned sniff test.

Judges, unaware of what they were smelling, rated the odour on a scale from 0 to 8, with 8 being 'very offensive'.

The primary culprits behind the smell were found to be sulfur-containing compounds, particularly hydrogen sulfide - the chemica