- Burping releases gas that has built up in your body from swallowing air. You might not know it, but you swallow air all the time -- especially when you eat or talk quickly, chew gum, or drink through a straw.
- Most people burp between 6 and 20 times a day!
- In some cultures, a burp after a meal is considered to be a compliment for the chef.
- When an astronaut burps in outer space, there is a chance that some food particles will also come out in what some call a wet burp! Yuck!
- The longest burp ever recorded is 1 minute 13 seconds 57 milliseconds and was achieved by Michele Forgione in Reggiolo, Italy, on June 16, 2009.
- The loudest burp ever recorded was 109.9 decibels and was achieved by Paul Hunn in Bognor Regis, United Kingdom, on August 23, 2009. That's louder than the roar of a motorcycle or snowmobile!
- The official medical term for burping is eructation.
- Every year cows in the U.S.A. burp about 50 million tons of gas into the atmosphere! The burps of ten cows could heat a small house for a year!
- Chickens can't burp.
- It's true! The more you burp the less you fart!