Bugün öğrendim ki: Ben Franklin, bilim adamlarına parfüm gibi kokan osuruklar icat etmeleri için yalvaran bir makale yazdı.
[](/wiki/File:Franklin- Benjamin- LOC.jpg) Franklin [punned](/wiki/Pun "Pun") that compared to his ruminations on [flatulence](/wiki/Flatulence "Flatulence") , other scientific investigations were "scarcely worth a [FART-HING ](/wiki/Farthing_\(British_coin\) "Farthing \(British coin\)") ". " **Fart Proudly** " (also called " **[A Letter to a Royal Academy about farting](https://teachingamericanhistory.org/library/document/to-the-royal- academy-of-farting/) ** ", and " **To the Royal Academy of Farting** ") is the popular name of an essay about [flatulence](/wiki/Flatulence "Flatulence") written by [Benjamin Franklin ](/wiki/Benjamin_Franklin " Benjamin Franklin") c. 1781 while he was living abroad as [United States Ambassador to France](/wiki/United_States_Ambassador_to_France "United States Ambassador to France").[1][2] It is an example of [flatulence humor](/wiki/Flatulence_humor "Flatulence humor").