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Number 12; A number of air crewmen died of farts. (ascending to 20,000 ft. in an un-pressurized aircraft causes intestinal gas to expand 300%!)

F.A.R.T. was an Army Air Corps. Acronym for
'Flatulent Air Release Technique' which was
at that time Deep Knee Bends Repetition:



(used in B-25s through B-29s)

Starting with the B-36 a newer technique was needed due to limited crew space.


Updated techniques included isometrics:





Hence the difference in technique designations of the commonly used idioms of 'old' and 'young' as in 'Old' F.A.R.T. and 'Young' F.A.R.T..

Now often referred to usage in the vernacular as a vulgar colloquial.

The US Army had more ships that the US Navy.

They are at Fort Eustis, Va (or were when I was in).

Good ones, Phoon.

Thanks HarryP

Most times historic reality is the main reason for interest. Those links are from stumble upon and it is set on history. Keep clicking the " stumble " at the top left of the page, and you'll get endless page after page on all sorts of stuff.

This guy and his son are always creating interesting factoids :

http://www.stumbleupon.com/s/#...itain//topic:History

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