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Hmm, flatulence trivia… Japanese children have flashcards to help them learn the 50-or-so basic phonetic sounds of their syllabary. One is "fu," and the flashcard usually shows a fat naked guy (think of a Japanese construction worker in loincloth, or a sumo wrestler) with comic-book-like "wind lines" near his behind. I see to remember that a variety of mercaptan is listed in the Guinness Book of World Records, as a smell recognizable at the lowest levels, which makes it "smelliest" in some sense.