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Gas-Filtering Underwear Filters Odors

Get your giggles out now. Okay. A U.K. company called Shreddies Ltd. has been getting buzz lately for its underwear that absorbs the odor of farts. (The company’s motto is “Fart with confidence.”) The back panel of the underwear contains a layer of “advanced carbon cloth”—the same material used in chemical warfare suits. According to the Shreddies website, the cloth is able to filter out odors that are 200 times stronger than a normal person’s gas.

Washing the underwear “resets” them, so to speak, and the company claims they remain effective for two to three years.

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